Choose just one: Cat or Dog

[Anonymous]

Dog.

Duh.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Former dog person, now 100% cat person. Dogs smell and no way do I want to be on their schedule. My cats adore me and love to be snuggled, but I can go away for a day or two and not have to worry about them.

That's a tough one. Grew up with cats, but now firmly in the dog camp, courtesy of our first dog, adopted at 8 wks, now adored at age 6. However, he's a TON of work--a large working breed that needs a lot of exercise and interaction. We also have a young child and work FT, so stretched thin. Hmm...

If I had to choose, I guess I'd say a cat for the early years of child-rearing, but a dog any other time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We had both dogs and cats when I was growing up, but I'm really a cat person at heart, or so I believed for about 30 years. 3 years ago, a friend knew of a dog that needed a foster home, and I said okay, sure. That dog saved my life. I have depression, and was considering suicide every day for about a year prior. I would have hated to uproot my cat to a relative's home if I died, but she would have adapted. The dog- I can never leave him. I can't bring myself to change his life so much, again- he's already had too much trauma.

We're adapting to life, together.

How serendipitous! Love this story. I'm glad you're doing better!

[Anonymous]

Dog, no question. You know how people can be "a people-person"? Dogs, in general, are people persons. They're always excited to see you. You can find many breeds that don't shed. They smile. They protect. They don't poop in the house.

I hate cats. I find the people who hate dogs make sweeping generalizations about them that are incorrect (like, I've never had a dog that ate poop, or was a drooler).

[Anonymous]

Dog

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:We had both dogs and cats when I was growing up, but I'm really a cat person at heart, or so I believed for about 30 years. 3 years ago, a friend knew of a dog that needed a foster home, and I said okay, sure. That dog saved my life. I have depression, and was considering suicide every day for about a year prior. I would have hated to uproot my cat to a relative's home if I died, but she would have adapted. The dog- I can never leave him. I can't bring myself to change his life so much, again- he's already had too much trauma.

We're adapting to life, together.

How serendipitous! Love this story. I'm glad you're doing better!

I'm PP. Thank you, and the other PP who responded to me. The dog is terrific, doing really well in our routine, and he is my therapy. The cat is great too, and I love her! I feel like I gave the cat the short end of the stick in my post. :p

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dog, no question. You know how people can be "a people-person"? Dogs, in general, are people persons. They're always excited to see you. You can find many breeds that don't shed. They smile. They protect. They don't poop in the house.

I hate cats. I find the people who hate dogs make sweeping generalizations about them that are incorrect (like, I've never had a dog that ate poop, or was a drooler).

I don't see how it's possible to "hate" an entire species without using sweeping generalizations yourself.

[Anonymous]

Cat. They allow you to be free.

[Anonymous]

DOG (!!!!)