Why are we arguing that cat owners are too defensive in a thread that is literally titled "dogs are better" and starts with OP making non-arguments that either depend on the specific cat or are complete bogus like the not consistent behaviour on human contact one.oh please. cat owners can be defensive as fuck, as you just pointed out.
you shouldn't feel defensive – but you should get over the fact that there are no rescue cats, seizure-defending cats, seeing-eye cats, bomb/drug-sniffing cats, security cats, etc. it's fine, we're talking about pets, but dogs are soooo much more eager to please, and so much better adapted to human domestication, its just not a fair comparison. and again this is totally besides the point of your enjoyment. but don't shit on others because dogs are impressive. they are.
Honestly this whole competition is stupid but let's escalate this to next level pettiness:
o rly. i got you fam:Nobody is saying their cats play consistently at beck and call. What?
Sounds like your cat just thinks your a dick tbh. Our three cats do all of those things
I have two three legged cats that do all that shit minus the leashes (though they do love walks). They are almost attached to me when I walk in the door.
1) none of these things make the cat "worse"
2) my cats will do all those things. /shrug
My cat plays fetch, brings me toys when he wants to play, knows his name, begs when he wants treats, walks on a leash and knows the sound of me getting the leash and will run to the door to go outside. He is by my side most of the day when I am home.
My cats play fetch all the time. They are persistent and will bring their toys to me and wait for me to throw them. If I ignore them they often will bring another or pick it up and put it on my lap. I sometimes wake up with their toys on me. They definitely know their names as well as many other words.
Why are we arguing that cat owners are too defensive in a thread that is literally titled "dogs are better" and starts with OP making non-arguments that either depend on the specific cat or are complete bogus like the not consistent behaviour on human contact one.
There's literally science that supports dogs as being more intelligent and capable animals. Dogs recognize more, solve more, and communicate more.Judging an animal's intelligence by how they relate to humans is a terrible way to judge it btw. Cats outsmart dogs all time when interacting with each other.
You're a trash panda.and raccoons are raccoons, and we're the best
(but terrible pets)
Multi-Year Report:
U.S. Dog Bite Fatalities: Breeds of Dogs Involved, Age Groups and Other Factors Over a 13-Year Period (2005 to 2017)
A 2018 report issued by DogsBite.org shows that over 35 dog breeds contributed to 433 deaths in a 13-year period. Pit bulls contributed to 66% of these deaths, followed by rottweilers with 10%.
I didn't miss that that's just your opinion, I think it's a weird thing to discuss in this thread that is designed to agitate some cat owners.well I guess that's fair... but on a discussion board you sort of automatically add "in my opinion", which seemed evident to me
I didn't miss that that's just your opinion, I think it's a weird thing to discuss in this thread that is designed to agitate some cat owners.
it's just a stage, they mature after a year or two at uniboy i wish raccoons could be domesticated
but they turn feral at teenage years, seemingly no matter what you do.
don't actually know enough about raccoon development to comment. to be serious, I love raccoons so much and I'm consistently disappointed by people on this site dissing them
Those posts are saying cats do play and do more than just sit around like OP's cat. Don't misrepresent their intent.o rly. i got you fam:
there you go.
well I guess that's fair... but on a discussion board you sort of automatically add "in my opinion", which seemed evident to me
Those posts are saying cats do play and do more than just sit around like OP's cat. Don't misrepresent their intent.
Entertain me for a sec, what do you mean by 'consistently'? You can always try to play with dogs and they will always play with you?sure. I didn't say they don't play – that's absurd – I just said they don't do it consistently, like a dog. which is fine, it is what it is, that quality is endearing to some people.
yeah raccoons are my favorite animal, not just for their appearance (extra small chonky fuzzy bears), but for their personality. for domestication, from my understanding they're just too high energy for their own good.i knew someone who did rescues for abandoned/orphaned raccoons. they are the cutest goddamned things when they are young. I literally played with a baby raccoon on a beach once, in the waves. it's like a cross between a small monkey and a dog. and I spend 20+ years in Toronto so I am familiar with the highly adapted Trash Panda variant, who could get out of any escape room you threw at them.
but this same person who did the rescues warned me that they have to get out into some wild environment after age 1.5/2 years or they just turn on you and will bite.
Very cool study, here's the charts from the study comparing brain mass and neurons:Intelligence studies typically use the cerebral cortex (which I see I failed to mention specifically), in which the elephant's only averages 5.6 billion. Human cerebral cortex averages 16 billion. And yes, that count does mean something alone.
That isn't what anybody was saying though.sure. I didn't say they don't play – that's absurd – I just said they don't do it consistently, like a dog. which is fine, it is what it is, that quality is endearing to some people.
tbh, knowing you and the threads you make, i wouldn't wanna play with you or rub on you eitherThe cat doesn't listen, doesn't play, doesn't do any trained behaviors, doesn't know what to do with toys, doesn't know what to do when I am holding treats, doesn't know it's name, doesn't understand leashes or walks, doesn't remember that car rides are fine, doesn't have a consistent reaction to any human contact, etc etc etc
The cat is fine. I can pet him sometimes. But half the time he's just there on some table staring at a window. Sometimes he rubs on me and I pet him until he purrs, other times he rubs on me and tries to bite and scratch. It's nonsense.
This.
Birds are shit-ass animals anyway outside of a few species. Fuck birds. Same with rodents of most varieties.They just decimate the native wildlife.
They are pests and should be eradicated.
rats are so good at stuff, they can fit through a hole the size of a quarter, they can swim underwater for three days, they can cookThis.
Small dogs fucking suck. Gross, annoying, useless little shits.
How many avalanche rescue chihuahuas are there? Where are the police french bulldogs? Where are the seeing eye shitzus?
BIG DOGS are great.
CATS are great, if that's more your thing.
SMALL DOGS shouldn't exist.
Birds are shit-ass animals anyway outside of a few species. Fuck birds. Same with rodents of most varieties.