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Cats or dogs?

64 replies

Caramel78 · 23/04/2020 20:51

Are you a cat or dog person and why?
I love both but if I had to pick it would be cats as they usually smell less

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Herts6789 · 24/04/2020 08:36

Dogs. Unconditional love and also they don't do that thing where they sit on your lap and dig their claws in

Hingeandbracket · 24/04/2020 08:38

Dogs. All the cat people claiming they don't smell are in denial. They don't smell the same as dogs, but they do smell.

Iwantacookie · 24/04/2020 08:40

Definitely cats. Best analogy I heard was dogs are like toddlers around you feet needing walking etc
Where as cats are like teenagers, only come home for food or sleep.

Chillipeanuts · 24/04/2020 08:41

Cats. Our dog would go to the moon and back to please us Cat couldn’t care less 😁

lovinglavidaloca · 24/04/2020 08:43

Cats all the way!!!

EnamelledStars · 24/04/2020 08:45

Cats. So low maintenance. I can go to work and even stay out for the night and know they will be fine with a full food bowl (in fact probably happier because they can sit on my stop on the sofa).

They can also safely avoid the toddler without too much intervention.

SerenDippitty · 24/04/2020 08:47

I like cats, but I love dogs.

littlefawn · 24/04/2020 08:52

Neither - I like both but having previously had a dog I realise I'm just not cut out to be a pet owner. The smell, the hair everywhere! The poop!
And even disregarding all that I begrudged paying for kennels (and putting them in kennels) when we wanted to go on holiday

FthisS · 24/04/2020 08:52

Cats. I really hate dogs. I won't go to a beach which doesn't have a dog ban.

Runbitchrun · 24/04/2020 08:58

Dogs. They love you unconditionally. I’ve had rubbish cats in the past who have put me off for life - they bring fleas in and crap in the house. My dog makes me happy.

Bobsandbitz · 24/04/2020 10:35

Cats for me. Cats suit me better - we live alongside happily and don't bother each other too much, all I have to do is feed them and clean their litter tray. They are happy on their own all day long too - and before the lockdown we were rarely home, only at weekends really!

pussycatinboots · 24/04/2020 10:37

Cats.
I hate dogs.

MotherofKitties · 24/04/2020 10:47

Cats.

Dogs scare me. I would never trust a dog around a child, they smell (dogs that is, not children!), they are too needy, I would never, ever be able to deal with the whole picking up poo thing, and I just don't like them.

CHIRIBAYA · 24/04/2020 10:55

Definitely cats. I couldn't be without mine and they are so loving and cuddly. One of mine brings me flowers from the magnolia tree every morning and comes under the bed covers. They are a real stress buster for me. I don't mind dogs but some of them make me nervous and I agree that they sometimes smell. I do think some of them are gorgeous though and appreciate why they are so popular.

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