The Loyalty of A Mammal
When comparing dogs and cats in the absence of human attention, they behave very differently. Dogs will usually run around, looking for someone to seek attention from, while cats straight up just leave your house entirely.
I know this because I used to live in places where I’d see cats just strutting down the neighborhood. Eventually, they’d go back to their homes, or people will assume they’re strays and pluck them away from their owners even if they have a collar with a name and address on it. This’ll create a double life for a 9 lived animal.
Dogs and cats just have those kinds of effects on people, especially those seen without a home, which is why you get that feeling of guilt when watching those commercials of homeless animals. You can enjoy watching your Family Feud AFTER you get to feel sad.
On the topic of homeless animals, how they choose to live without one can be a determining factor towards how they act. Cats without homes just go everywhere, and they usually have their kids following them around, under houses or in the most random places ever really. I don’t know much about dogs that don’t have a home, but I’m pretty sure they don’t do the same, no matter their size.
Alright, enough sad stuff, time to discuss dogs and cats as pets. Dogs are usually very energetic, especially in their youth. I know this because I have a 2 year old Patterdale Terrier, and he loves running around the house as much as he loves barking at every person, car sound, and other dogs he hears, sometimes he’ll even bark at nothing.
Cats are more sheltered and lazy. Cats can be agile and get away from your clutches, but they prefer the carnage of destroying all that can be scratched. Plus, they like to use the bathroom EVERYWHERE (never owned a cat btw). Also, I’ve heard that it’s better to get one when they’re kittens so they can trust you more as they grow up, because just like every high schooler, they have trust issues as well.
So dogs are more like your fun and active uncle, while cats are more like your little sibling that says stuff like “I’m not in your room.” when they’re in the door frame of the door to your room. That’s not to say that both are bad per se. They just take a lot of preparation when it comes to owning one. The duality of dog and cat can be shortly summarized, but I need 300+ words so here we are still.
If you’re more of an active person or person looking to be active, dogs are the pet for you as they enjoy the outdoors a lot, and may try to run off once you take them outside or accidentally leave the front door open.
If you’re just a laid back person who prefers to deal with responsibilities at home, or just doesn’t like the Vitamin C the sun gives, then cats are for you. You can walk cats, but that doesn’t really make much sense compared to dogs.
But to answer the question of this prompt, dogs are better than cats in my opinion because they won’t try to scratch you in the face, tear up your furniture in your free time, and won’t get stuck in really unorthodox places.
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