They don’t topple holiday trees
The holidays are supposed to be the most wonderful time of the year. If you have a dog, you might take sweet photos in matching pajamas or let them pick out their gifts at the local pet toy store. Cats like to play the role of Scrooge, especially if you have a tree. The internet is full of memes and videos of cats knocking the whole tree over. Bah humbug, indeed.
Pet Training: Cat vs. Dog
When it comes to cat vs. dog training, dogs are generally the easier of the two to train. A dogs pack mentality makes him ready to follow a leader and makes him generally more obedient by nature. Typically, dog training is a process of teaching and reinforcing commands that help you communicate your desires to your dog. Dogs are so eager to please that theyre happy to meet those desires. However every dog is different, and some breeds have temperaments and learning aptitudes that take more readily to training than others.
Cats can be trained, but not as thoroughly as dogs. It requires a lot of patience and consistent practice to get past their willful nature. With cats, its best to focus training on establishing boundaries.
When it comes to house training, cats have the advantage over dogs. Cats use the litter box instinctively. It may only take showing them where the box is one time. If a cat is slow to catch on to using the litter box or appears to forget later on, this is often a sign of an underlying health issue, and you should consult your veterinarian.
Dogs, on the other hand, can be a lot tougher to potty train, especially puppies. Teaching them where it is and isnt acceptable to go usually takes a lot of repetition and positive reinforcement.
While dogs can be perfectly happy living in a small apartment, they still need their outdoor exercise. If you lead an active lifestyle and can take your dog on walks or let him out in the backyard to run around and play a dog can be a great fit. However, if you live in a small apartment a cat can be an excellent companion. Cats generally get their exercise through play (an excellent bonding opportunity between you and your cat) and through their general hunting nature where they will stalk prey (toys in this case) and leap up high in trees (cat trees that is). Because of this, cats dont usually need as much area to roam around. In fact, in a large house you might lose your cat for a while as they can be excellent hide-and-seek players.
Its true that cost should be considered when choosing to adopt a pet. Dogs often tend to be more expensive to care for than a cat between food, toys, training classes, daycare, and vet bills. Because cats are independent by nature they have learned to care for themselves and generally only rely on their human for food. Even play stimulation can be as simple and cost effective as a flashlight or a feather tied to a stick.
5Their love is more meaningful than a dog’s.
Dogs, it often appears, love everyone. Cats, on the other hand, are more standoffish when meeting someone new. (Centuries of domesticity still cant eliminate the innate caution of a stealthy predator, it seems.) When a dog showers you in affection, it may be nice, but you know that everyone else is getting the same treatment. When a cat warms up to you, though, you feel special and unique—like youve earned it. And, as we just learned from that Behavioural Processes study, no, its not just because of the food.
Zoltan Kaszas on why cats are better than dogs – Dry Bar Comedy
The great pet debate of “cats vs. dogs” is as old as time. Nows the time to settle it.
The debate of “cats vs. dogs” is an argument as old as time. Rarely will you find someone who likes both equally. Dog people are very passionate about their pups and cat people are very passionate about their felines. However, sometimes it feels like the cat people are a minority in a majorly dog-loving-world. And when things pop up like a 2017 study in the journal Society & Animals that shows human parents feel more empathy for puppies than they do for babies, its hard to say dogs havent won the cat vs. dog debate… But, have they?
Cats, as anyone who has one will tell you, are better than dogs in every conceivable way. Theyre softer, sweeter, and smarter. Theyre quieter and cleaner. Theyre masters of both the art of lazy lounging and the one of skillful hunting (of rodents). Plus, once upon a time, we used to revere them as gods. And this all isnt just one cat lovers opinion—theres science and data to back it up. Yes, you may have heard that dogs are mans best friends, but here are all of the reasons why cats actually make for far better pals.