Cats...good or bad?

[LS0158]

I like cats. My family has four. "Pippin", Muffin, Bobbi, and Lucky.

Pippin- has a head that looks slightly like Choc's, and attacks cats and people, but is always the first hiding under the bed when someone other than my family comes to the house. The ottoman in our living room is his. He uses it mostly to watch the other cats and swat at one if they come too close. All he seems to think about is his next meal and which cat (or foot) to attack next.

Muffin- grew up on a farm, then somehow got into the petsmart adoption center, and is quiet, but wants a lot of attention, and "begs" at dinnertime. Her meows are like she started to purr, but then decided to meow at the same time.

Bobbi- we usually call her bob. She loves people and warm laps, and when she meows it is always quiet and sounds slightly like "out". When she climbs onto someone's lap, she likes to have her claws out, so I usually have quite a few scratches on my leg.

Lucky- She's still afraid of us, even though she's been with us for over a year. We found her when she climbed out of a wheel in a pickup truck at a red light. We asked the driver of the car if it was his, and it wasn't. She feels the need to use my parents' bed instead of a litterbox, so we now keep the door closed to my parents' room during the daytime.

All our cats stay indoors, but they can go on the screen porch to take naps and watch birds.

[RevRuby]

count me in for a kitty vote, altho i do like dogs, i just prefer cats. dogs drool and are messy, and smell really bad! but kittys are cute and purry. my kitty is vicious, but i love him anyhow. he's my dex.

[LS0158]

Originally posted by Charlie: Weird thing I've never understood between cats and dogs. Make a dog happy - It'll run round in circles, wag its tail, yap, jump, etc etc. Make a cat happy - It'll turn around, lift its tail and say "see that, that's my arse that is, have a good look up there". What's all that about?

You forgot to add that the cat will then proceed to claw your furniture and then look at you innocently and meow or purr.

[ 02-06-2003, 04:04 PM: Message edited by: LS0158 ]

[Charlie]

Yes they do do that too.
On the flip side,
A dog will growl at you should you try to take his bone.
A cat will happily bring home the broken bones in a barely living rodent. "Just for you, here you go. I know it's 6AM but I bought you breakfast in bed....FRESH...I maimed it for you so you wouldn't have to work too hard. I'm so happy....here...take a look at my arse".

Cats/dogs....the conundrums are endless.

[ 02-06-2003, 04:17 PM: Message edited by: Charlie ]

[Kakero]

Cats rule dogs drool. heard it on a movie. I think Homeward Bound.

cats are good, they'll clean your house of rodent. dogs are good too as they protect your house from bad people, like stupid salesman who want to sell you things.

Vicious? cats are more vicious than dog, cats cause more injury to human being than dogs. cats will scratch and bite even to their own master, so far i haven't haerd the dog attacking their own master.

[LS0158]

The half-dead animals are an offering to you, or possibly to help teach you how to hunt, exactly like they do with kittens. since you do so much for them, like clean their bathroom, feed them, give them attention. They don't understand that we don't want half-dead things brought to us in our bed at 3:15 AM. Once, one of the cats brought my mom a small snake that had somehow made it into the garage as an offering. It didn't bite the cat or my mom, it just tried to find a way out. My mom opened the backdoor and pushed it out of the house with a flyswatter.

[LS0158]

Originally posted by Kakero: Cats rule dogs drool. heard it on a movie. I think Homeward Bound. cats are good, they'll clean your house of rodent. dogs are good too as they protect your house from bad people, like stupid salesman who want to sell you things. Vicious? cats are more vicious than dog, cats cause more injury to human being than dogs. cats will scratch and bite even to their own master, so far i haven't haerd the dog attacking their own master.

Cats are meant to be solitary animals and are meant to do damage. That's why their teeth and claws are sharper than a dog's. Dogs are social animals that dislike strangers not bearing dog treats.

Cats also chase their tails, they just get dizzy and run into things for a while, and then find that it's best just not to do it. Dogs just don't seem to get dizzy.

[Iron_Ranger]

BBBBBBBAAAAAAAADDDDD!!!!!!

Heh, nah really, I have no problems with cats. Welll..Maybe thats an understatement, but I dont hate them. We have one, shes pretty cool. I do liek dogs better.

Cats are for lazy people [img]tongue.gif[/img] . I personally think a boxer is the greatest family pet. Er..The breed of dog that is..Not Mike Tyson, I dont think he would make too good a family pet.

[Ar-Cunin]

[img]graemlins/wolfgang.gif[/img] - 'nuff said [img]smile.gif[/img]

[LordKathen]

I love cats!! [img]tongue.gif[/img]
Some dogs are great!
Someday when we dont live in an apartment, we will have both. [img]smile.gif[/img]