The Great Debate Part One: Why Cats Are Better Than Dogs

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Hi, I’m Dr. Karyn! Read my introduction to larn much astir maine and conscionable my 5 hilarious cats: Clutch, Cyril, Alex, Zelda, and Zazzles.

This is an statement that has been going connected for arsenic agelong arsenic radical started keeping pets. Pet owners being asked to take a side, prime a species, place themselves arsenic either feline oregon canine people. Although determination are galore retired determination successful my position, fortunate capable to stock their lives with some cats and dogs, radical who assertion not to person a favourite are being arsenic honorable arsenic parents who accidental they don’t person a favourite kid – travel on!

You mightiness presume from the rubric that I person declared myself a ‘cat person’, but you mightiness privation to hold until you’ve work Part Two: Why Dogs Are Better Than Cats earlier you decide. And no, I’m not going to archer you which I americium – spoilers!

Instead, I contiguous to you a (relatively) unbiased statement for the affirmative squad connected why cats are amended than dogs.

Cats Are Better Than Dogs Because…

• They are rather self-sufficient and comparatively low-maintenance
• They are practically calved toilet-trained
• They don’t request to beryllium taken retired for walks
• They don’t bark
• They don’t leap up connected your guests
• They don’t hump your furniture, your leg, your guest’s leg…
• They tin beryllium near unsocial for agelong periods of clip (even overnight if you person planned and prepared appropriately)
• Their purring releases endorphins successful them and us
• They are emotionally intelligent
• They support themselves clean
• They person evolved a signifier of connection (the meow) specifically for humans
• Kittens are undeniably, unquestionably, adorable

Cats are decidedly much relaxed companions.

Of course, surviving with cats isn’t each hugs and rainbows, and determination are immoderate negatives (or perceived negatives) to beingness successful the institution of felinekind. For instance:

• They tin someway marque america consciousness judged, unwanted, oregon surplus to requirement
• They leave hairsbreadth connected EVERYTHING
• They permission claw marks connected clothing, carpets, and furniture
• They bring america gifts we don’t privation (eg. dormant – oregon astir dormant – mice, birds, rats etc)
• They tin beryllium aloof – affection is usually connected their presumption only
• They sometimes explicit stress, irritation, territorialism, oregon dissatisfaction by peeing connected things
• They vomit
• They are often astir progressive betwixt 12am and 3am
• It tin beryllium challenging to support indoor cats in, and outdoor cats out
• They tin origin struggle betwixt neighbors if they usage their plot arsenic a litter box

Ned the Chihuahua vs the Cats.

Who Identifies As A Cat Person?

I person agelong believed that adjacent radical without pets tin beryllium categorized arsenic feline oregon canine people, though determination volition ever beryllium exceptions and outliers. Broadly speaking, a cat idiosyncratic tends to beryllium idiosyncratic who:

• is much introvert than extrovert
• is wary of strangers
• doesn’t marque friends easily, but makes them for life
• prefers the comforts of home
• likes to re-read favourite books and re-watch favourite movies and tv shows
• is cautious, reflective, and considers things carefully
• prefers a lukewarm spot successful a chill home, alternatively than cardinal heating
• will crook connected a instrumentality oregon air-conditioner to beryllium capable to enactment nether a blanket
• likes (and whitethorn adjacent have) dogs, but doesn’t person a adjacent affinity with them
• prefers yoga, pilates, oregon meditation implicit cardio workouts
• loves cats

In our house, we’re a instrumentality of both.

Am I a Cat Person oregon a Dog Person?

I would person to accidental that most, if not all, of the traits supra picture maine rather well, but with 5 cats and 5 dogs, americium I truthful easy categorized? You’ll conscionable person to cheque retired Part Two.

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