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Re: Dogs

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:05 AM

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Top Ten Reasons Why Dogs Are Better Pets Than Cats:

1. Dogs will tilt their heads and try to understand every word you say. Cats will ignore you and take a nap.

2. Cats look silly on a leash.

3. When you come home from work, your dog will be happy and lick your face. Cats will still be mad at you for leaving in the first place.

4. Dogs will give you unconditional love until the day they die. Cats will make you pay for every mistake you've ever made since the day you were born.

5. A dog knows when you're sad. And he'll try to comfort you. Cats don't care how you feel, as long as you remember where the can opener is.

6. Dogs will bring you your slippers. Cats will drop a dead mouse in your slippers.

7. When you take them for a ride, dogs will sit on the seat next to you. Cats have to have their own private basket, or they won't go at all.

8. Dogs will come when you call them. And they'll be happy. Cats will have someone take a message and get back to you.

9. Dogs will play fetch with you all day long. The only thing cats will play with all day long are small rodents or bugs, preferably ones that look like they're in pain.

10. Dogs will wake you up if the house is on fire. Cats will quietly sneak out the back door.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:10 AM

MSA

LOL...cool

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2009 9:12 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

WHY DOGS ARE BETTER THAN MEN

Dogs admit it when they're lost.
Dogs admit when they're jealous.
Dogs are already in touch with their inner puppies.
Dogs are color blind.
Dogs are easy to buy for.
Dogs are good with kids.
Dogs are happy with any video you choose to rent, because they know the most important thing is that you're together.
Dogs are nice to your relatives.
Dogs are very direct about wanting to go out.
Dogs aren't threatened by a woman with short hair.
Dogs aren't threatened by two women with short hair.
Dogs aren't threatened if you earn more than they do.
Dogs do not care whether you shave your legs.
Dogs do not have problems expressing affection in public.
Dogs do not play games with you -- except fetch (and they never laugh at how you throw).
Dogs do not read at the table.
Dogs don't correct your stories.
Dogs don't criticize your friends.
Dogs don't feel threatened by your intelligence.
Dogs don't make a practice of killing their own species.
Dogs don't mind if you do all the driving.
Dogs don't need therapy to undo their bad socialization.
Dogs don't step on the imaginary brake.
Dogs don't weigh down your purse with their stuff.
Dogs feel guilt when they've done something wrong.
Dogs like your size.
Dogs look at your eyes.
Dogs mean it when they kiss you.
Dogs miss you when you're gone.
Dogs obsess about you as much as you obsess about them.
Dogs take care of their own needs.
Dogs think you are a culinary genius.
Dogs understand if some of their friends cannot come inside.
Dogs understand what "no" means.
Gorgeous dogs don't know they're gorgeous.
Middle-aged dogs don't feel the need to abandon you for a younger owner.
No dog ever voted to confirm Clarence Thomas.
You are never suspicious of your dog's dreams.
You can force a dog to take a bath.
You can house train a dog.
You can train a dog.
You never wonder whether your dog is good enough for you.

HOW DOGS AND MEN ARE THE SAME

Both are bad at asking you questions.
Both are threatened by their own kind.
Both like dominance games.
Both mark their territory.
Both take up too much space on the bed.
Both tend to smell riper with age.
Neither does any dishes.
Neither knows how to talk on the telephone.
Neither of them notice when you get your hair cut.
Neither tells you what's bothering them.
Neither understands what you see in cats.

WHY DOGS ARE BETTER THAN WOMEN

A dog's disposition stays the same all month long.
A dog's parents never visit.
A dog's time in the bathroom is confined to a quick drink.
Anyone can get a good-looking dog.
Dogs agree that you have to raise your voice to get your point across.
Dogs are excited by rough play.
Dogs aren't catty.
Dogs can appreciate excessive body hair.
Dogs can't talk.
Dogs don't borrow your shirts.
Dogs don't care if you use their shampoo.
Dogs don't cry.
Dogs don't expect you to call when you are running late.
Dogs don't hate their bodies.
Dogs don't let magazine articles guide their lives.
Dogs don't mind if you give their offspring away.
Dogs don't notice if you call them by another dog's name.
Dogs don't shop.
Dogs don't want to know about every other dog you ever had.
Dogs don't worry about germs.
Dogs enjoy heavy petting in public.
Dogs find you amusing when you're drunk.
Dogs have no use for flowers, cards, or jewelry.
Dogs like beer.
Dogs like it when you leave lots of things on the floor.
Dogs like to do their snooping outside as opposed to in your wallet, desk, and the back of your sock drawer.
Dogs love it when your friends come over.
Dogs love long car trips.
Dogs love red meat.
Dogs never criticize.
Dogs never expect gifts.
Dogs never need to examine the relationship.
Dogs never want foot-rubs.
Dogs seldom outlive you.
Dogs think you sing great.
Dogs understand that all animals smaller than dogs were made to be hunted.
Dogs understand that farts are funny.
Dogs understand that instincts are better than asking for directions.
Dogs will forgive you for playing with other dogs.
Dogs would rather have you buy them a hamburger dinner than a lobster one.
If a dog is gorgeous, other dogs don't hate it.
No dog ever bought a Kenny G or Hootie & the Blowfish album.
No dog ever put on 100 pounds after reaching adulthood.
The later you are, the more excited dogs are to see you
You never have to wait for a dog. They're ready to go 24 hours a day.

HOW DOGS AND WOMEN ARE ALIKE

Both are good at pretending that they're listening to every word you say.
Both can eat 5 pounds of chocolate in one sitting.
Both constantly want back rubs.
Both look good in a fur coat.
Both look stupid in hats.
Both put too much value on kissing.
Neither believe that silence is golden.
Neither can balance a checkbook.
Neither understand football.
You can never tell what either of them is thinking.

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Monday, August 31, 2009 10:09 AM

AURAPTOR

America loves a winner!

Too true. Too true!

The T.Rex they call JANE!

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Monday, August 31, 2009 10:16 AM

ZEEK

litter box

That's all it takes for cats to win :-P

I like dogs and all, but better than cats? Crazy talk!

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Monday, August 31, 2009 10:57 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Okay, I'll give you litter box. But the rest? No contest! I'll take loyalty any old day!

RULE!

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Monday, August 31, 2009 11:21 AM

MSA

Yeah but cats do not bark at 3 am, do not lie down and block your path when you carry heavy things and weigh so little that it doesn't matter if they jump on your lap... plus I've never seen a cat whine incessantly ( my dog could seriously be used for torture purposes as he can do this high pitched whine that lasts ages...)
Also I've never once heard of a cat who woke up the baby while playing

Missing my cats, a bit frustrated with the dogs right now

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 4:47 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Sounds like it! Not that I blame you, I have to give you every point, at least at the minute. We have three; mine, our roommate's, and one I'll be caretaking for the rest of her life...a husky, a lab-bloodhound and a springer. Small house--all three hanging around together makes an obstacle course entering the house with packages.

Mine (the husky) has a new "game"--called race up back in our little redwood "grove" and bark...at something. Only discovered that a week or so ago, he thinks it's the BEST game...especially at 3am, 5am...you get the picture. Currently got scabs running down my leg from chasing him down in the middle of the night two nights ago (he and I sleep outdoors, and I forgot to shut the gate).

Choey's dog Kiowa (the lab/bloodhound) is "needy"--not as bad as Daisy (the springer) was when she came from England, but bad enough...pushy, whiny.

And my husky, after morning exercise, CRASHES dead until evening, when he likes to "play" (reads "harass") Kiowa in the living room. My husband goes to sleep around 7pm to get up at 3am--he counts as the "baby".

So yes on all but one point...BUT, I'll happily trade all of that for the (at one time up to eight) cats we had...every single male of which was a rescue, neutered, despite our lovely big back yard with dog door, nonetheless "marked" all over the place. Never again! Maybe someday, when Jim (hubby) gets over it, ONE cat--female!

So, contrasting all the problems with the dogs versus the one problem with the cats and I say again: Dogs rule!

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 6:22 AM

BYTEMITE

We have a cat who comes if you open a door or whistle. We never had to teach her that, and we got her as a kitten. She's never lived with a dog.

I used to have a cat who would lick my hand or my face if I was upset. It hurt, but it was the thought that counted.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 12:52 PM

TUJIAOZUO

Quote:
Originally posted by Niki2:
Top Ten Reasons Why Dogs Are Better Pets Than Cats:

2. Cats look silly on a leash.

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Most people actually think cats look quite awesome on a leash. Or at least that was the reaction I received when I took a 15 lb maine coon mix to petsmart on a harness and leash (He has to wear a harness for a Jack Russel because he is so large, and Chihuahuas and other toy breeds are usually scared of him).

As someone highly allergic to my family's feline friends, I have become more pro dog. We have a four year old black lab named Nikki (who also answers to Meimei). When I'm out of school and home, I take her everywhere with me as long as it's not too hot for her to stay in the car or tied outside during errands.

She will however not fetch my slippers. Meimei might quite possibly eat them, or drop her squeaky dinosaur in them, but never fetch them. She also won't fetch all day long. After a few rounds she'll look at the ball, allllll the way across the field, turn around and look at me like 'Well, I'm tired. It's your turn."

Your Indian Pirate Lord,
Ash

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 1:16 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

I like both...

and they all like each other ( and plot together against me for more treats )

My Chocolate Lab Kaylee

Kaylee and het buddy Stocky

and Julius their ringleader

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 3:13 PM

MSA

The dogs raised one of our cats so he's not exactly right in the head. He barks( as best a cat can bark) plays pull tug, and is convinced dog food is yum-o

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009 8:49 PM

BORIS

Oh My God! Dogs Better? are you serious....I mean they're cute and all....and I like em. But better than cats? I think not. the way they try to chase me from my own yard and then I have to stay up a tree till a human comes....not cool.

Theo the cat (Boris's cat brother)

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Friday, September 4, 2009 7:52 PM

BORIS

Dogs: Good nad Bad
Dogs don't hiss
they don't scratch you just because it's fun to make you bleed and even better if you screech
Dogs don't purr
dogs don't clean themselves
dogs don't bury their business or pee politely in a hole or a litter
dogs tongues feel better than cats tongues
dogs can't climb trees and then lay in wait and jump on your head when you've had a really crappy day and are in no mood to play Ninja Kitty.
dogs chew your favourite stuff up
Cats tear your favourite stuff up and then present it to you
dogs can be trained to behave
dogs are more inclined to give you heartmelting adoring looks rather than glary icy "I hate you stupid human where's my dinner" stares
dogs smell funky
dogs chase my cat....and then he has to assert his masculinity by attacking me...I don't like it
when we find the right dog and cat friends they love us unconditionally.

I'm basically a cat lover...for now as I don't have a dog but I Like some of my friends dogs.

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Friday, September 4, 2009 8:42 PM

KWICKO

"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." -- William Casey, Reagan's presidential campaign manager & CIA Director (from first staff meeting in 1981)

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Yeah but cats do not bark at 3 am, do not lie down and block your path when you carry heavy things and weigh so little that it doesn't matter if they jump on your lap... plus I've never seen a cat whine incessantly ( my dog could seriously be used for torture purposes as he can do this high pitched whine that lasts ages...)

I beg to differ. My cats will indeed wake me at 3am, yowling incessantly if I should be such an idiot as to let their food bowl go empty during the night. Yes, they have food issues. They're not fat, but they will LOSE IT if their bowl is empty, or even close to empty. Both of them were near starving when rescued, so they have a thing about not being out of food. Understandable, of course, but very annoying when they empty the bowl at 3am...

And they absolutely WILL block my path. I'm convinced they're in cahoots to kill me. If I'm carrying laundry baskets down the stairs, one of 'em will actually run down about 3 steps ahead of me, then lie down across the step. I'm carrying two or three baskets full of laundry, so I can't see where I'm going, so I end up going all the way down the steps feeling my way with my toes before stepping down to the next step. And when I find him, Rodger gets up, runs down three more steps, and lays down again. It's a goddam game to him, this trying to kill me.

My dog will not jump in my lap, no matter what I try. She will let me pick her up and hold her like a baby, though, which causes no end of amusement at work when I do it...

My feeling is, why choose between cats and dogs? Why not both?

Mike

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Sunday, September 6, 2009 7:18 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Yeah, I vote for both!

As to the 3am stuff, what about "kitty football" in the middle of the night, eh? Wakes you up just as good...and if nobody's heard a cat fight in the middle of the night, boy, they're a heavy sleeper!

I vote for both. In SMALL quantities (that's probably one of the reasons we prefer a dog...eight cats were wayyyy too many!). I'd still like ONE housecat, but haven't convinced Jim yet...

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Sunday, September 6, 2009 7:47 AM

KWICKO

I've had two and three dogs at a time, and there were conflicts and turf wars. I'm down to one dog now, and two cats, and it seems to be a perfect balance. The dog chases the cats around the house, play-assing around, and sometimes they gang up and chase HER back the other way. And they've always got someone to play with, even if we're not there. Their personalities all just "mesh" with one another, and it's one big happy.

Mike

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Monday, September 7, 2009 2:03 AM

THESOMNAMBULIST

Agree with all and everyone on pretty much all the points mentioned. However...

Best friend I ever had was my Dog Pepe. May sound sad to say that but it's very true. When I lived on my own in the country, I never ever succumbed to loneliness and I think that was due to having Pepe with me. He was a true friend and was with me nineteen years. He was just three months shy of making twenty.

He was the most loyal companion I've ever had. He NEVER let me down and I honestly cannot say that about anything or anyone.

Best things about dogs....

...On a cold winters night, when you sit down in front of the TV to watch Northern Exposure with a cup of tea and snacks, there on the sofa with you is a border collie. Your best friend... And there he will remain until the very end.

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Monday, September 7, 2009 1:16 PM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

I have a feeling nobody in this thread is going to find that "sad". I think we all understand. Many people don't understand what a cat or dog is really all about, but scientists sure do! (Can't speak to other pets, never had one came close to a dog or a cat.)

We lost my beloved husky/shephard almost two years ago, and Jim agrees she was the finest dog we ever had. I couldn't live without them, for all the reasons you cited, and more!

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Friday, September 11, 2009 5:19 AM

GINOBIFFARONI

> I've got 2 dogs. I bought a large bag of Meaty Bites at Big W and was
> standing in line at the check-out.
>
> A woman behind me asked if I had a dog.
>
> On impulse, I told her that no, I was starting The Meaty Bites Diet
> again, although I probably shouldn't because I'd ended up in the
> hospital last time but that I'd lost 25 kgs before I woke in an
> intensive care ward with tubes coming out of most of my orifices and
> IV's in both arms.
>
> I told her that it was essentially a perfect diet and that the way that
> it works is to load your pants pockets with Meaty Bites and simply eat
> one or two every time you feel hungry & that the food is nutritionally
> complete so I was going to try it again.
>
> I have to mention here that practically everyone in the line was by now
> enthralled with my story, particularly a guy who was behind her.
>
> Horrified, she asked if I'd ended up in the hospital in that condition
> because I had been poisoned by the food. I told her no, it was because
> I'd been sitting in the middle of the road licking my balls and a car hit
> me.
>
> I thought one guy was going to have a heart attack he was laughing so
> hard as he staggered out the door.
>
> Stupid woman...why else would I buy dog food??

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Friday, September 11, 2009 7:57 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Oh, gawd, you had me laughing so hard I coughed and nearly pissed in my pants (wait 'till you reach my age...). Hysterical...people are so incredibly stupid sometimes, it explains SO much of our politics!

...still giggling...

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Friday, September 11, 2009 3:13 PM

BORIS

Ha ha Ginobiffaroni I loved your story...what is it about Big W lines that attracts such stupid questions. I have people asking me weird stuff all the time while I'm waiting ( I live in a backwards ferral infested town in NSW where most people have the IQ of a newt)
never thought of messing with them might try it.

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Monday, September 14, 2009 8:31 AM

MSA

http://www.livescience.com/animals/etc/090617-are-dogs-smarter-than-ca
ts.html

To love someone is to see a miracle invisible to others.
--Francois Mauriac
It's fuzzy-minded liberal thinking like that that gets you eaten.

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 11:59 AM

NIKI2

Gettin' old, but still a hippie at heart...

Quote:
In an experiment, scientists gave cats string with a treat on the end. The cats would pull the string and get the treat. Faced with two strings — one bearing a treat, the other not — the cats were befuddled.

Dunno about that one. I read about a similar experiment, in which the cats PLAYED with both strings, indicating food wasn't as important as enjoying themselves, which sounds more like cats to me. How did they judge "befuddled", anyway?

I'm suspicious this was done by a dog person. Personally, I think both are equally bright--dogs are just programmed to please us; "cats take a message and get back to you", as they say.

Ah-HAH! Went to the full article and found

Quote:
"I am not trying to say cats are stupid, just they are different. We are so anthropomorphic we can't see the world through their eyes."

Right on (and mind you, I'm by far a dog person!)

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009 1:30 PM

GINOBIFFARONI

The other day I took my Chocolate Lab Kaylee to the park and was throwing the ball for her. The ball landed, she ran over, and then she just stopped.

I walked over, she pointed the ball, then rolled it with her paw showing me it landed up against some other dogs poop...

She wouldn't pick it up until after I cleaned the ball..lol

Then we walked back to my jeep when we were done, and she had this moment of amazement when she tried to sit in the shade of the jeep waiting for me to catch up. I usually run her in the afternoon, but on that day we went in the morning, and the shade was on the wrong side of the jeep. Was quite funny watching her reason that out.

Every trip an adventure

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