Poll: Let the Fur Fly!

[DeliveryGodNoah_v1legacy]

BBBbbbbboooottttthhhhh.

I am partial to cats though as pets. You have to earn a cats trust. It's a different kind of connection. Not just anyone can waltz into the house and have a cat cuddle up to them. It takes work.

Once the initial friendship is done though, having a cat is piss easy in comparison. They shit in a box you can tuck away, many can eat from a feeder and know when to stop eating, and if well trained you can cuddle up to them whenever the hell you want.

Not saying dogs aren't friendly, but any dog I've met is friendly to anyone who scratches their fur and gives them a biscuit. Not saying that's not a good thing either, it's just a little...backstabby at times.

Plus, you need to walk them, you might be able to train them to eat only what they need but good luck with that. (if you have a dog that can, good for you, but I've never been able to do it.)

If I needed to pick one for a utilitarian reason though, I'd pick a dog, no contest.

 

[Dragonlayer]

I can't believe this is about real life, and not Furry porn.

But in both situations: dogs all the way.

 

[Mikeybb]

A contest between smelly, noisy, drooling, leg-humping creatures with ADD that insist on constant attention at all times from everyone,

Hey, look...
If you wanted to talk to me, all you had to do was say hi.
I mean, it's accurate as descriptions go but...

and adorable kitties?

...oh.
Never mind.

I'll just be over here with my other arse sniffing compadres.

 

[LetalisK]

Both.

BTW, this whole "cats are super aloof and cold" thing? Can I have some of that in my cat? She is a stage 5 clinger and won't leave me the fuck alone! Quit trying to trip and kill me while I'm getting ready for work!

 

[Paragon Fury]

I can't believe this is about real life, and not Furry porn.

But in both situations: dogs all the way.

I'm shocked you think so little of me.

Shocked I say. *adjusts monocle*

 

[Dragonlayer]

I can't believe this is about real life, and not Furry porn.

But in both situations: dogs all the way.

I'm shocked you think so little of me.

Shocked I say. *adjusts monocle*

I wouldn't have complained if it had been about Furry porn....

Well, I would have if it had been *that* kind of Furry porn, the genuinely scary stuff.

 

[Souplex]

I love dogs, but I wouldn't want to live with one.
Cats it is.

 

[Ryallen]

I'm not a dog person. I don't play with my dogs very often, if ever, and I don't know if anyone else in my house does. My cat, on the other hand, just requires petting. Which really sucks because my newer dog has basically driven her out of the upstairs half of my home and now she's stuck in the basement all day.

 

[Evil Moo]

I like cats. They seem calmer and friendlier than dogs to me most of the time. Like one kitten who came and rubbed up against my leg while I was walking home from work one day, or the cat that would walk next to me for a couple of blocks back when I was at university, or another that sat with me for 20 minutes while I was waiting for a fire safety talk in my first week at university.

Dogs just seem more aggressive in the attention they give to me. Barking at me, straining at the lead to get to me. Even if this is them being friendly or curious and not trying to attack me, it is a level of high energy that I don't want to have to deal with.

 

[Darth Rosenberg]

Dogs suit egotists who need constant reassurance and can't bear to be alone with their own thoughts. Cats suit people who have their shit sorted. ;-)

Whilst I grew up in a cat family (not a family of cats, clearly... ) and have never been too impressed with dogs, overall I'm not keen on pets as a whole; ideally I prefer my beasties in the wild, being as beastly/natural as they can be.

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

Both. Dogs will kill something big and bring you to it so you don't starve; cats will kill something small and bring it to you so you don't starve. In the cruel, vicious wild, both are a sign of true love.

But either way, each appeals to me in a different way. I can't really take care of a dog in my current situation, but my two cats are adorable and affectionate.

 

[Extra-Ordinary]

I used to very much like them both- but cats more, then I spent a nightmarish two weeks babysitting my mother's dog. I hate that dog. It's the worst dog ever. My opinion on dogs changed.

Cats are just adorable and they sit in your lap and they're not overly needy but they always make you feel blessed when they want to cuddle you. I'm not allowed pets in my current flat, but when I eventually move, I am going to get a cat- and it will be the most spoiled loved cat ever. Cats are just so precious.

Spoiler: Me basically

Gosh darn it, I was gonna use that song.
You'll be hearing from my lawyers.

Anyway.

Between the two, obviously cats.
My family adopted an adorable little stray a few years ago, a tortoiseshell, ear-tipped cat we named Jackie and that was it, cat-lover forever, five-ever (that's even longer). She ran away a couple years after (I MISS HER SO!) but for the time that we had her, she was the best. Wanted attention when you wanted to give it, was chill when you were, played fetch with string, could toss her outside and knew she would come back (until she didn't) it was awesome.

For those of you unaware of what "tortoiseshell" means...

Spoiler: Because I didn't even know until, like two years after we lost her

Mostly like that. Except our cat had a small white patch on her chin with an even smaller black patch inside it and two small red streaks outside both her eyes.
She had a goatee and war paint.

Spoiler: and for those of you unfamiliar with ear-tipping

 

[Adeptus Aspartem]

I don't care! I pet all the doggies and all the kitties. And guineapigs, birds, rats, cows, horses, sheep, deer, piggies.. EVERYTHING.

Animals are cool. Gimme something to pet!

 

[Tsun Tzu]

Dogs for companionship and a genuine sense of affection.

(I sincerely miss the pups I've lost...they were wonderful animals. Golden retrievers and cancer are apparently synonymous though.)

Cats for ease of care, quirks, and ability to completely humble you with a glance.

(Current pet is a little svelte black cat who ran up to me and my sister in a Walmart parking lot...couldn't just leave her there, man. So, took her in, fed her, got her checked out- and now she spends her days sitting on the back of my chair, smacking me in the side of the head with her tail.)

Both have a great range in personality. Both make life better.

Cats are definitely easier though-

Spoiler: But they're kind of needy.

 

[SummerHaze]

I like cats. They are so cute and agile, look at these little noses http://worldcams.tv/animals/animal-planet-kittens . They are so funny when they are playing.

 

[FillerDmon]

Cats are evil.

Spoiler: Got that the wrong way, mate.

Elfgore's all about that pussy... and I like cats way more than dogs too!

You say that Dogs are Evil... with a video showing arguably the -BEST- animated Dog to ever exist, who gives and has given more of himself to his owners than almost all the dogs in creation except for all those stories you hear about dogs that are loyal even after death?

I only voted Dog because there isn't a both option, and I've got a 7 year old mongrel who shadows me sitting right next to me. But both have their upsides, both have their downsides, and they're actually pretty similar.

.... freaking Metal Gear Rising "It has to Be this Way" just came on in my head. And will now forever be the anthem of war between Cats and Dogs.

 

[Queen Michael]

Cats. They don't run up to you and scare you as a kid while their owners go "It's okay, he just wants to play!"

 

[Michel Henzel]

I more of a dog person, yet I own a cat.
Now I do love my cat to death, even though, like any cat, he's an asshole, meaning I now only own plastic glasses, mugs, etc. cause kitty broke them. Also fuck having plants cause kitty loves eating them and then throwing up all over the damn place.

Though he does have a small dog like quality as we take walks on the leash together and properly greets me at the door when I come home.

 

[cojo965]

There is only one answer here:

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