Take that, cat lovers.

[AlpsStranger]

There is one thing lamer than dogs or cats: Dogs the size of cats

 

[Antilogic]

There is one thing lamer than dogs or cats: Dogs the size of cats

Amen. Especially chihuahuas.

 

[cardgame]

Smaller dogs are every bit as sweet and loving as larger ones. Corgis are the perfect example, although I will concede that chihuahuas are annoying.

 

[AlpsStranger]

Small dogs always seem frightened. It's not a winning look for canine kind.

 

[Farm Boy]

One neutral vote for cats. One vote against dogs and their "pet parents."

 

[Ajidica]

Smaller dogs are every bit as sweet and loving as larger ones. Corgis are the perfect example, although I will concede that chihuahuas are annoying.

I love corgis as they always have the best possible derpface going on.

 

[Silurian]

Hey, I am very pro cat, but I don't get how having to scoop crap and pee deposits (scoopable litter here) is lower maintenance than a dog! Doggie goes outside, poos and pees in the ditches and it's a done deal.

Don't you pick up after the dog? Suki?

It always amuses me when I see the dog walkers carrying a steaming bag of poo.

 

[cardgame]

No, "it's a done deal." We don't live in an apartment.

 

[bhsup]

Don't you pick up after the dog? Suki?

It always amuses me when I see the dog walkers carrying a steaming bag of poo.

No, "it's a done deal." We don't live in an apartment.

Bingo. I own about 4/10th of an acre. I have ditches on three sides of my house that faces streets. For some reason that I do not understand but am eternally grateful for, she really prefers to do her business deep in the ditches. I do not pick them up, but just let nature (and mowing) take care of them.

 

[Patrick Hunt]

Bigger dogs are better, because nothing says love like a dog that weighs as much as you do jumping on you when your sitting on the sofa.

 

[Puck Nutty]

And if it weren't for the hatred of cats so deeply ingrained into Germanic cultures and its descendants that continues to today, the bubonic/black death plague would have never happened.

Be grateful for ferals, the rat populations would be much more problematic if not for them.

I'm pretty sure it was the fleas living on the rats that caused the plague, not the rats themselves. The fleas could just as easily have lived on the cats instead.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

I usually just try to pet them and they react. I give them a lot of crap in this thread but it's not like I'm actively hostile towards them. Don't get the wrong idea

But how is your body language when you do that? Do you give them a chance to smell your hand first? You need to do that, just like with a dog.

Hey, I am very pro cat, but I don't get how having to scoop crap and pee deposits (scoopable litter here) is lower maintenance than a dog! Doggie goes outside, poos and pees in the ditches and it's a done deal.

You have just guaranteed that I will never wander within smelling distance of your property.

Bingo. I own about 4/10th of an acre. I have ditches on three sides of my house that faces streets. For some reason that I do not understand but am eternally grateful for, she really prefers to do her business deep in the ditches. I do not pick them up, but just let nature (and mowing) take care of them.

And the vegetation in the ditches dies off, the smell increases... I hope you have magpies around. For some reason they actually like stuff like that.

 

[cardgame]

It's a fertilizer, Valka.

 

[PlutonianEmpire]

The crap is. The piss isn't.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

It's a fertilizer, Valka.

Uh-huh. That's why we had dead spots all over the back yard when my dad stopped taking the dog for regular walks.

 

[cardgame]

Oh, right. Almost forgot about that. My small dogs don't do that to our lawn

Think it depends on their breed and possibly diet

 

[bhsup]

I don't get dead spots from it, and it degrades REALLY quickly. It's not like you're gonna encounter a lot of poo piles if you go walking in my yard. And really, I don't detect any smell either.

Her farts on the other hand... Dear God.

 

[cardgame]

Yup, backing up everything VRWC just said

Cat litter may do a good job covering up the smell but it's still there and inside your house :\

 

[TheLastOne36]

I had a mountain cat as a pet once that behaved exactly like a dog.

Best of both worlds.

 

[Cutlass]

Hey, I am very pro cat, but I don't get how having to scoop crap and pee deposits (scoopable litter here) is lower maintenance than a dog! Doggie goes outside, poos and pees in the ditches and it's a done deal.

Many cats will not only go outside, but won't leave land mines all over your yard either....