Which do you like better as pets? Dogs or cats?

[Verbose]

Cats cannot be kept track of the same way that dogs can. Like people have noted in this thread, cats are often liked because they don't require care. They can get their food by themselves. This independence and resourcefulness is the reason why these animals don't belong here. In the winter, stray cats die an inevitable death of hunger by the masses. This is because of the nature of the cat. A hungry dog would not let himself be unnoticed.

I understand that the acknowledgment (or fixing) of the cat problem is pure utopia in today's society. Such a matter which is purely guided by selfish human interests cannot be fixed in a society which itself is guided by the same, irresponsible power.

Actually, you can keep track of a cat as easily as dog. Again it's human attitudes re. what a cat "should" be that's the problem.

Cats are in fact very adaptable. Just don't let it out. That will of course require you spending time with it daily, playing with it etc. Don't keep a single cat either. Having a feline pal cuts the effort you as a human have to put in in half. If you feel iffy about keeping an indoors cat, and have the space for it, build a pound.

The problem is mainly that by tradition cat owners assume they can and should let their cats run around unsupervised. There's really no need for that. It's just covenient.

If you want to make a change, institute a "cat tax" and legislation requiring people to register and control their cats. Once the little blighters start costing real money, their owners will 1.) take better care of them and 2.) control their behaviour and movements better.

This was done with dogs in Sweden in 1923. Back then "Dog Catcher" was a profession and there were bands of wild mongrel dogs roaming villages and towns, sometimes becoming a menace to people. A couple of decades of that and the problem was gone, dogs were expensive animals that you take real good care of. There's really no reason it wouldn't work with cats.

 

[Chukchi Husky]

Animals like me. I'm getting a dog soon. I don't know what FTW means.

 

[LucyDuke]

I've had dogs since I was born and I inherited a special-needs cat about eight or nine years ago. She's definitely in the running for the most unpleasant creature alive. None of my dogs have been smaller than 50lbs. If we're comparing big (real) dogs to cats, there's no contest, the dogs win easily. If you're talking about those stupid little yappy things, well, I have more respect for a cat. So, dogs, unless it's a badass cat against some mutant mop-head lapdog.

People that don't like animals, especially dogs, really turn me off.

I wonder if she would like it if I took a crap on her yard?

You should try it. Do it around 3am and you'll probably get away with it. Make sure to do it right in front of the door, though, for maximum impact, not in the side of the yard.

 

[Oruc]

Cats. Dogs are annoying, large and pointless better off without em.