Originally Posted by Shoes:
Cats are disgusting creatures and no one should own one unless on a farm. An individual who is willing to have a box full of shit in their house is beyond me.
Originally Posted by htismaqe:
I know people love their cats (love you Mr. Blowfish!) but I just can't see why somebody would want to own one over a dog. If you want somebody to ignore you, do the opposite of what you say, and only decide to give you love when THEY feel like it, go get married.
Objectively speaking, cats require less maintenance/attention and don't generally smell as strong as dogs.
On those bases alone, I can understand why someone would prefer to have a cat as a pet, even though I prefer dogs. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Shoes:
Cats are disgusting creatures and no one should own one unless on a farm. An individual who is willing to have a box full of shit in their house is beyond me.
This guy probably has dogs and lets them sleep on his couch/bed. [Reply]
I have two outdoor cats. They are fixed and they keep the mice population down.
They are fun creatures at our lake home and we enjoy them.
And man one of them loves to fish.
I could grab a fish pole and walk down to the lake and he is right on me. I occasionally will see this cat on some random dudes bass boat on the lake. I will yell out "Hey that's my cat" and the response is usually "He snuck on and he isn't bothering me"
Most of the fisherman that come frequently know the cat pretty well and they even seek him out to join up and fish. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Razaele:
We have one that adores us, me especially, as much as any golden retriever would. Follows me around, fetches things, paces around waiting for me when I'm gone or watches from the upstairs window. Not every cat is aloof or mercurial, though I grant that is more the norm.
He sleeps on top of my gym shoes or in a pile of my gym clothes, if that isn't love...
To be fair, even dogs have varying personalities. We have cats and dogs all over the place and other than sharing some general personality traits, they're all somewhat different. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Razaele:
They will either eat a bug or a spider if they see it, or pummel the thing playing with it until it's dead.
I think the mangled bodies of the bugs they don't eat probably send a very effective message to the others.
One of my cats enjoyed hunting moths. During our annual moth migration in Denver, I would yell, "Moth! Moth!" if a moth was flying around bothering me, and the cat would come running into the room to take it out. [Reply]