Dogs are much more loved by society than cats

Cats don't care. They find their people.

The other thing about cats is that they really can see and sense the otherworld.

Dogs look after you in this place but cats look after you in the spiritual world.

They are as valuable as each other for this reason.

We should be grateful to share our lives with each of them.

I posted before I volunteer at a well known cat rescue. Part of the training we have is that cats are the most misunderstood of animals, people often don’t understand or can misinterpret their behaviour. Probably why there are haters.

Dogs are generally pathetically happy to be owned, and are far more needy than cats and need to be trained so they know their place.

I’m not a dog person, wouldn’t have one of my own, I have always had cats, but god I love DS’s working Labrador as I love my own children 😂 he’s the best walking buddy in the world, and I get to give him back, don’t have to walk him if I don’t want or have to find someone to look after him in the holidays or shower him when he’s covered in mud, or stop him digging holes in the garden.

Im generally happier with a furry snuggle monster on my lap or chest purring. The live frogs brought in are a minor inconvenience.

Dogs are much more loved by society than cats
64% of the vote agrees with this.

Just shows how warped UK society has become to be this wrong. 😺

I’ve had both. Cats are boring. Dogs are a lot of fun and joyous.

Agree 🥰
and goes without saying our cats wouldn’t waste their precious time performing for cameras

Us cat lovers are secure in our love for cats and don’t need TV programmes about them.

I'm not sure that overall dogs are more loved by society. We've always lived with both dogs and cats but from what I see, dogs are hated far more vehemently than cats are.
If you look at dog hate threads on here for example, they are vicious and nasty. It's not only the dogs that are denigrated but dog owners in general are ripped to shreds, ridiculed, insulted and accused of being sociopathic.
Cat hate is different. People will openly say they dislike cats on the grounds of them killing birds or pooing in the garden, but they stop short of deriding the owners or casting aspersions about their inability to form or maintain human relationships.
So while it may be true that dogs are loved more widely, in my experience as a lifelong owner of both, they are also loathed far more intensely than cats are.

Well @Avocad1sh I don’t hate cats but I dislike them and so, leaving aside the word “hate”…
I’d be interested to know (in a genuine way, not sarcastic) if the people who are saying they hate cats because they kill wildlife also hate humans because we do the same? The destruction of nature is largely down to humans. Yes I I dislike the human race and hope it disappears before it takes down many more species

Do you eat fish? Even though there’s an over-fishing problem which is wiping out entire species of fish(amongst other things)? No I do not - leave fish in the sea. But the way you put your question is odd. I wouldn’t eat fish whatever the method of catching it

Do you go and watch or participate in fireworks even though it’s known to be terrifying and detrimental to wildlife? No

Do you hate humans for building roads through the animals natural habitats, causing hedgehogs, deer, badgers, squirrels etc to be killed by cars every day? yes of course. I despair about all this

I agree OP. And I really don’t get it.
Proud cat lover and owner here. Currently own one very good, loving, obedient boy who has never so much has scratched any of us in his decade of life.
And this will probably wind up 99% of the population, but honestly speaking, I cannot abide dogs. Smelly, drooling, needy, shitting machines who ruin furniture, chew and generally are annoying as hell.
And now cue the “omg I don’t trust people who don’t like dogs…..” like I give a fuck!

As someone who doesn't have pets, I've been told by friends and family who have cats that you don't own them, they own you. I'm inclined to believe them from my experience of living in a cul-de-sac where the cats rule the roost.😊 The look of contempt from the over indulged cats on our street when we (the mortgage paying residents) drive or walk into our street. Even the residents who own dogs know the real pecking order. ☺️

Honestly I consider dogs and cats much of a muchness - they both have strengths and faults; they both behave according to personality & age as much as breed characteristics. Some are lovely souls. Some are less so. My Labrador and I got chased half a street by a very nasty cat once - cats can be just as aggressive as dogs - but if my dog defended us we’d be the ones in trouble, go figure.

I do think as a population cat owners tend to be less invested and less responsible than dog owners, however: more likely to let thier pet loose (no other type of pet owner does this except for forest commoners which is rather different), they may not even know where their pet is, go for days without seeing it, they are less caring about the negative impact of their pet on nature or on others (in fact they are usually in denial or stuck on what aboutery). There are plenty of bad or lazy dog owners too, but cat owners are much less likely to contain their pet safely, dedicate daily time to stimulate/play/training their cat (as is recommended), clean up if their cat damages there neighbours property etc.

Also cat feces carries toxoplasmosis which is genuinely dangerous to children and pregnant women - causing blindness & miscarriages - the NHS even advises pregnant women not to risk emptying cat trays in order to avoid it. So having a cat poo in a playground or garden or vegetable patch and infect the soil for the next 2 years minimum (the parasite’s lifespan) is far more dangerous than any parasites dogs carry (in the UK). This is my main frustration with cats - or maybe it’s more cat owners - they don’t just cause inconvenience, they can cause real harm, and I’m yet to meet a cat owner who respects this and manages their cat accordingly.

I love my cat. He's just as affectionate as any dog, he sleeps snuggled up next to me at night, which is especially lovely in the winter! He sits on our laps when we're watching TV and he always knows when someone is upset and needs a cuddle. He's an indoor cat and absolutely lives his best life. I hope he lives to a ripe old age as I actually can't imagine / dread life without him.

Agree. It’s the irresponsible owner that allows that to happen and let their cat be blamed.

My mother was a nightmare for this. One look at her furious face on the way back from her walk and I knew some poor soul hadn’t worshipped at the feet of the dog.

I don’t like either. And there is definitely more of a sense of “what is wrong with you??” if I say I don’t really like dogs. Whereas with cats most people don’t care. Dog owners (as a whole) are a bit more intense and weird about it, like if you don’t like dogs it’s some personal slight against their darling fur baby.

Quite apart from being Man’s Best Friend (I know cat lovers might disagree), we have sheepdogs, guide dogs, assistance dogs for deaf people or those with disabilities, sniffer dogs (to find drugs/firearms/cash on criminal premises or at airports), dogs that can even warn an epileptic that a seizure is imminent. Even cadaver dogs, that can find dead and buried (usually murdered) bodies.

Cats can certainly be cosy companions, but I’m not sure they perform much in the way of useful functions, except perhaps by killing mice and rats, but they also kill millions of songbirds every year.

That’s a good point @Avocad1sh I include myself in this when I say aren’t most humans hypocritical in some ways? It’s a sad old world when you really think about it, well the population on it is. Look at the beautiful gift of this planet and look at how it’s being treated.

Cognitive dissonance.

Evens the vegans cause untold misery and damage by existing in this Earth, so even that doesn't make it better.

Cats are angels comparative to humans.

Great post @HeartyStork

Dogs kill wildlife, they kill, rabbits, hares and squirrels. They attack and kill, sheep the also run around fields chasing sheep who abort their lambs and then the sheep also die from shock. They also kill men, women and children

They also shit on my front garden

As a teenager I used to walk a black Labrador, the owners had moved from the country where they lived as the dog was a known sheep worrier. She once saw a squirrel and was off. I just about hung on. It was probably very amusing to anyone who saw it as just like cartoons I went one way round a tree and she went the other - I never let her off the lead

I like dogs but please don't minimize what they do

No. Some dogs, by no means all.
None of mine have been needy or clingy, they're every bit as independent minded as a cat with the same "fuck that" attitude.

I much prefer cats. I don’t get the fuss about dogs. I don’t dislike them but I would never have a dog.
we have always had cats

I love both. But I am a dog person on the whole what I actually hate is the cat owners, that let there cats out then complain that it's gone missing, got run over or getting fed by little Doris down the road. Its always someone else's fault when something happens to their cat. Cause for me if I had a cat it wouldn't be allowed out of the house.

People drive like nobheads, but I can't count the amount of close calls I've had from cats running out in the road in front of me. And it frightens the shit out of me. The worst ones for me are though, my cats gone missing but he needs his special medication or he's on a special diet, but we let him out the house last night and he hasn't come back and they're at the vets later etc.

I'm sorry I just think a lot of cat owners are irresponsible idiots.(Not all) (I also know a lot there's a lot idiot dog owners out there too) But if you really loved your cats that much you'd have a cattio or fenced in garden, so nothing out of your control will likely happen to the beloved pet that you care so much for.

I have a secure garden for my dogs for that reason. So they can't get out and cause any damage to anything or anyone.
I'm also against the my dogs friendly patrol too. As just because yours is friendly it doesn't necessarily mean that mine is.. I think dogs should only be allowed off leads if you have 100% recall or it's in a secure place etc. As again just because I love dogs doesn't mean everybody else does.

Where as cats do what they want with no repercussion and if you complain about them shitting in your garden, killing birds it's what cats do. Etc. which is ok but why should I have to pick up someone elses animals mess. I just think on the whole people need to take more responsibility for all the animals they own. Be cat, dog or whatever. I know there's plenty who don't pick up there dog mess either before anyone jumps on me for that. But I'm not one of them, as I carry poo bags with me everywhere I go.