Personally, I’m a cat person. I like the independence and personality they have, which is much more apparent than dogs. But there are some dogs whose company I enjoy.

With the exception of snakes, I don’t like birds or reptiles. All they do is make noise and are caged. Snakes are cool because you can pick them up and carry them around and feel very very evil.

I love my cat very much. Dogs are charming, but they ruin everything.

I love cats, although they make me sneeze. Birds are awesome because they fly, reptiles are like dinosaurs and therefore similarly awesome, and all insects and archnids are creepy, hairy, move in that skittering way and make my skin crawl, and must therefore be destroyed.

Cats. Dogs are infinitely loving and loyal, but often so much so that they make me feel guilty about not playing with them all the time. Cats are quiet, independent, affectionate at times, and rather pretty.

I generally don’t like any pets that you can’t handle without the danger of being injured. Birds, snakes, and spiders fall into this category.

Don’t they shed and scratch a lot?

One day, I will buy a hypoallergenic cat, once I am rich enough to shell out a couple grand.

snakes are just cold.

Cold things can’t feel love. Sorry, I had to.

I love cats. I have four. =) There are a lot of misconceptions about them. They can be just as sweet as dogs. Two of mine follow us around like they’re dogs. I like dogs, but they require a lot of upkeep. They smell, and then when you pet them, you smell. I’ve only maybe one dog that didn’t smell. Cats very rarely smell. If they do, it’s usually their breath because they’ve just eaten. Dogs shed just like cats. Kittens don’t shed, so for several months you get a nice shedless animal. Then they start to shed, but it’s not that bad.

In my experience, cats are smarter than dogs. I have met a few smart dogs, but I’d say the majority of cats are smarter. That’s why you can’t train most of them. They don’t care it you them a treat or not. If they don’t feel like doing something, then they won’t. One of my cats is extremely smart. He always knows when someone is talking about him. Even if we just say, “he.” Two are mine are on the ditzy side, and one is moderately smart, but not as much as the oldest one is. I’d say that our smartest one has about a five or six-year-old intelligence. Most cats have the intelligence of a three-year-old. I read that somewhere, can’t remember where though.

I don’t really like animals that only live a few years (fish, hamsters, small birds, etc.) I don’t want to get attached and have it die in three or four years. Plus, I don’t want anything that has to be in a cage. I want something I can pet and hug and not worry about sucking it up in the vacuum cleaner.

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You could get a Sphinx. They are hairless, and usually cat allergies are really cat hair allergies. And have you been around any cats that are strictly indoors? I know someone who was never allergic to my cats (all indoors), but she had a reaction to this other cat that went outside a lot. Sometimes it’s more an allergy to what they roll around in.

Well, if someone’s allergic to cat hair, it might be the only option. I wouldn’t mind one; I don’t really care what they look like. I wouldn’t pay a thousand dollars for one, though.

I like fluffy cats, but if I found a poor, little hairless kitty, I would take it in. I love them for their beauty, but more for their personalities. An ugly cat can have a good personality. I have two long-haired cats and two short-haired cats.

I will have two cats, no more, no less.

I think that you can have as many animals as you want as long as you keep the house up and don’t let the house start to smell. When the house starts to stink, then you need to stop getting animals.

I have some crazy cat ladies in my family. =)

And they don’t smell hideous, they don’t leave masses of coarse hair everywhere, they don’t drool, don’t bark, and don’t knock things over, and they can curl up on your lap when you’re reading.

I envy you.

There are exceptions to every rule, QC. =) My cats have knocked things over before, but that was because they jumped on things that they weren’t supposed to. They don’t do it a lot though. You don’t have train cats much either. Their moms do most of that.

Lol.^^

I read in one book that a good way to train cats is to squirt them with a water gun when they do something bad…

Problem being is that they soon start figuring out when you're going for the water gun and scamper off before you can correct them. Sneaky little critters.
But I love 'em. Cats are so much fun...dogs really only love you for food. At least mine only does.

Aw. I'm sorry your dog doesn't fully appreciate you.

Seconded, Puppet.

Oh yes, my cat just loves to completely consume houseplants and then is perfectly happy with us pitying her when she throws up all over the place. Poor kitty....love kitty.

Cats are just so quirky and can sometimes be needy. Although they can drool, fyi Puppet. Just generally not as much. *thinks of puddles on the floor left by grandparents' lab* Yuck...

I was just playing with 3 cats, they were adorable. =O

I'm sorry Virgil. I can't have cats either.

My dad is allergic and I'm not old enough to move out.

I feel your catless pain.

Poor cat. And you. :(

True, she definitely has an attitude! Although sometimes I wish she had a different attitude…

In terms of intelligence, I tend to think that cats have reasoning patterns much closer to ours. Like in a burning house; a dog would mostly react in a loyal-animal manner, ie “Must save people I love!” whereas a cat would be out of there at the first sign of danger. Not nice, maybe, but certainly smarter!

If I had a dog, it would be one of those trained guard dogs. :P

Dogs are as intelligent as cats, even more so. Sophistication? I call it egoism— inflated, baseless egoism. :)

I had a Border Collie and we did everything from agility to herding and let me tell you, that dog could read my mind. When I was weeding, he would come over without being asked and dig up the pesky roots. When he heard voices get escalated he stepped between the people and started “talking”. Just looking in his eyes, I saw calculation and lucidity that I’ve never seen in a cat’s eyes.

Maybe when you guys are talking about dogs you mean the inbred mutants that have beady eyes and shiver constantly. Or labs. I’ve had a couple labs and they tend to not think very often.

That said, I have a cat whom I worship. He’s worthless, except as a demigod, and I couldn’t live without him.

Are you asking me which I would prefer?

Hmm, we differ.

What’s the other half?

So half of the time it’s writing and half of the time it’s having differences of opinion. So where is the part where we worship the cats?

You are not qualified to tell me my OPINION is correct. Didn’t you even read what half of these topics are about? Lol. (Yes, I was talking about cats.)

Why thank you, Virgil. =)

Speaking of dogs, my dad’s super border collie just turned up this morning with three huge gashes on her head and a fractured skull. He thought it might have been because she ran into the new fence, until he found out about the skull. It’s awful, but the vet says she’ll oughta be alright…