Pound for pound who is the fiercer beast?

[Narz]

It's another cats vs. dogs thread!!!

This time you get to say who you'd pick in a fight between a 10 pound dog or cat (or 50 pound dog vs. cat).

I didn't include a poll because there are so many different options (like a cat vs. a chihuahua would be a much different fight than a wildcat vs. a labrador).

Also, keep in mind that certain breeds of dogs are breed specifically to fight and thus are not representative of their species as a whole (though feel free to speculate on them and use them as examples anyway).

I'm hoping for some video footage of inter-species fighting (not, stuff like "awww, look at my kitty and little puppy 'fighting'", I mean real fights between maybe a wolf and a wildcat, ideally something natural, not an abused cat and dog forced to fight).

Ah, screw it, I am going to post a poll!

 

[Tee Kay]

Generally, dogs pwn cats.

 

[azzaman333]

Cats are much more awesome than dogs.

 

[Fifty]

equal weight would def. go to a cat methinks.

 

[Pasi Nurminen]

Voting cats is just not scientifically sound.

 

[Chandrasekhar]

Equal weight? Cats would generally win.

 

[Bill3000]

Voting cats is just not scientifically sound.

You missed the "equal weight" part.

 

[Tee Kay]

Actually it depends. If it's a 10 pound at vs 10 pound dog, then the cat would win (probably). If it's 50 or 100 pounds we're talking about then it's the dog.

 

[Perfection]

WHAT WOULD REALLY HAPPEN

Spoiler will blow your mind :

FIGHT CANCELED DUE TO CHICKEN INTERVENTION

 

[Shaihulud]

There are dogs bred to fight, cats a . .. .. .. .. . by comparison.

 

[Evie]

He said the dog species bred to fight don't count as representative of dogs in general, which is what the question is about.

Assuming an average-bred dog and an average-bred cat of equal weight, the cat win any day of the week. Dogs in general (some breed are of course different) have nearly lost their predator and fighting instincts. (A handful of breeds still have them). Cats...not so. Even the laziest cat can still run down and kill a mouse (unless de-clawed), and more athletic cats can go after far bigger preys.

I mean, my house cat - which aside from being perhaps somewhat longer than the average cat is otherwise quite the average cat - affectionate, demanding, territorial and independent - has been known to run down and kill hares.

I don't know too many domestic dogs (as opposed to hunting dogs) that tend toward doing that anymore.

 

[Shaihulud]

Dogs are always for fighting n killing. dogs are generally more aggressive and energetic than a cat, if we scale a cat up, it would still be a cat and dangerous to small animals. A dog would pick fights with things bigger than them.

 

[Evie]

AVERAGE Dogs are always for fighting and killing?

Several people around me have owned dogs, ranging from small ones to pony-sized things, and none of them fit that desription. Not one.

As far as picking fights with things bigger than them, it has no bearing on who would win the fight - here we,re assuming the two animals are going to fight anyway.

And at equal size, given average, every day cats and dogs, the cat's killer instincts are generally a lot closer to the surface.

 

[bigdog5994]

i dont know, a dog sized cat could definitely stand a chance against a golden retriever or something but a pitbull can take down a bear and really cats are breed to only kill things way smaller than themselves but who knows

 

[Verbose]

My neutered 8kg ginger male housecat against the neighbour's terrier of the same size, then it's the dog; cat is just too damn mellow, and there's just more power in a dog's jaw. Terriers are also the Biggest Dogs in the World, on the inside of their heads.

An uncut male cat of the same size defending territory, or a female with kittens to defend is another proposition.

Male cats fighting try to bite the opponent at the base of the tail. It should work for dogs if it's a stand-up fight between equal sized. It's not a fast kill, but these wounds tend to get infected, and due to the position of the wound, infection is very likely to spread to the tail, from where it spreads the spine, and... b'bye kitty, or doggy, as many be the case. So male cats actually do kill adversaries. As a cat owner I worry more about stray male cats wandering by and picking a fight, than about dogs.

I don't know how many people know this, but one thing dog owners tend to do to discourage their dogs from chasing cats is actually allowing the dog to catch one. Since dogs are usually happy-go-lucky and just wants to play, it comes as a terrible chock when this funny plaything turns into a hissing and spitting ball of fur and tries to rip his ears off. It usually does the trick. In these situations cats win all the time.

IRL 9 times out of 10 the cat pulls an Amazing Vanishing Act and never meets the dog. If it does, it retreats to a high position and just gives the mutt a dignified stare.

Widen the scope to include IRL Big Cats, and I would be inclined to put my money on a jaguar or leopard against whatever similar sized dog.

 

[scy12]

You said cats , so i must imagine a fight between a lion and an equal weigh dog.(there is one isn't it ?). I vote for the lion.

 

[Perfection]

I don't think dogs get to be lion sized. Lions are freaking huge.

 

[Love]

Hamsters will win....

 

[bigdog5994]

if a house cat was lion sized (height and length) it would be a light weight because there built to kill mice and lions take down things that are way bigger than themselves

 

[scy12]

if a house cat was lion sized (height and length) it would be a light weight because there built to kill mice and lions take down things that are way bigger than themselves

Wrong.
If a cat was Lion sized (height and length) it would be a Lion , because Lions are cats.