Growing up we always had at least one dog and one cat around the house. My dad was a cat person - he liked dogs ok but he preferred cats.
My wife and I have both now - two basset hounds and two cats. It's constant entertainment around here.
I like dogs because they are smart and you can make them do smart things. I like cats because they are stupid and you can make them do stupid things. Just my opinion :).
You have that backwards. One of my cats plays fetch, while the other one hides his ball so that he can't. Meanwhile, my neighbor's dog jumps out of moving vehicles and eats toads.
I had to have my greyhound, Wiley, put down the day before Hurricane Francis, in 2004. I'm still distraught over it....it was a good decision, though, he'd have never survived the storm.
I still miss the mutt, though, and his silly little rat face with the big black marble eyes. As does his pal...Maggie, the fat cat, little green eyed devil.
This is what I don't understand about the whole Michael Vick thing....my pets are not like my kids...they're just my very good pals. They keep me company. They're just a great part of my landscape.
So how can someone treat them as disposable items? I just don't get it.
So....I'm down to no dogs (too bad for me, but my life is a tad too complicated for a dog right now...cats are easier)....but cats are great pets, too.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
Our family for the past 15 years has rescued Border Collies from the local pound, although the correctness police have lately made it impossible to adopt them. They're widely known as being right up there in dog intelligence, but they still need a lot of atention.
Now we have a Cocker Spaniel, Jennifer.. we have had since she was 8 weeks...now 14 years old, sweet, fun, and stone deaf ...she won't be with us much longer. We also have a Pomeranian, Giz... we got at 8 weeks..2 years old, and noisey, smart, absolute joy to be around. . A Pit Bull, named Angel; we have had since she was 5 weeks..and she is an angel..she is 7 years old and the Pomeranian's very best buddy. I thought our Border Collie, Summer, was the smartest dog I had ever owned...nope! Angel is the brightest dog I have ever had, in fact, she is the smartest dog I have ever known of. She was actually my youngest son's dog originally and a few years ago when he moved out...about 5 miles away, he took her with. It took her about 5 minutes to scale a 6 foot chain link fence and come home. He got an 8 foot kennel and put it out in his back yard by the fence. She scaled the kennel fence...jumped from the top of the kennel fence to a tree on the neighbor's yard (she has always climbed trees), jumped down and came home.....we gave up and told her she could stay. I really have no idea how many tricks she knows...even my grandkids have taught her things when we aren't around. Speaking of grandkids; the younger ones, when they were 4 or 5, would ride her using her ears as their "handlebars". Angel is one of the reasons I wouldn't mind using double OO buck on Vick and his buddies....why in God's name would someone abuse these beautiful and intelligent animals? By the way, I am not a "animal rights" nut, I hunt, I have butchered cattle, sheep and chickens....I just love my dogs.
You don't know excitement... I have 4 dogs and 6 cats that are my pets, then I have 5 foster dogs and 23 foster cats [1 momma cat with 6 kittens (9 weeks old), another momma cat with 3 kittens (3 months old), five more kittens without momma cats (between 3 and 6 months old), another grown cat that someone thought was pregnant, but doesn't seem to be, and then a kitten and 5 cats who are isolated in our basement because they have respiratory infections contagious to other cats.]
Please spay or neuter your pets!!! Anyone wanting a pet dog or cat, please check with local rescues and humane societies!!! "my" foster pets are available through Northwest Animal Companions, 503-646-0171.
Edit: And I forgot to mention, two more sick cats coming to my house Sunday morning for quarantine.
Lee T.
U.S. Navy (ret.) / Vancouver, Washington
The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.-- Mark Twain
i provide for them entirely financially and materially, i get up each morning and they're right under my feet looking up at me whining with disatifaction. after feeding them i'm rewarded with a disgusted glance of contempt. throughout the day i get nothing but indifference regarding my existence until the next feeding time.
as much as i love cats i have to say liberals seem to display a similar attitude, but the difference is i respect a cat. at least a cat will kill a fly if ones in the house, it'll bury it's turds, and a cat will do a good job to keep it's butt clean as opposed to a liberal.
Humans just don't see most of their work because they're nocturnal, so they seem lazy to us. Were it not for cats, we'd be dealing with rodents and their diseases, like the cultures which hated cats in the past now must (see Korea). Most cats are naturally-great hunters, and they even can be trained to use a human toilet if you have patience and start with a kitten.
JMR
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I picked both. But, if I
August 25, 2007 - 19:33 ET by John in CAI picked both.
But, if I absolutely had to pick one or the other, it would be a dog. I love my kitty cat, but dogs are the greatest.
Growing up we always had at
August 27, 2007 - 11:12 ET by misterbee241Growing up we always had at least one dog and one cat around the house. My dad was a cat person - he liked dogs ok but he preferred cats.
My wife and I have both now - two basset hounds and two cats. It's constant entertainment around here.
I like dogs because they are smart and you can make them do smart things. I like cats because they are stupid and you can make them do stupid things. Just my opinion :).
Cats vs. Dogs
August 27, 2007 - 11:21 ET by Sergeant ROCKYou have that backwards. One of my cats plays fetch, while the other one hides his ball so that he can't. Meanwhile, my neighbor's dog jumps out of moving vehicles and eats toads.
Both
August 25, 2007 - 19:35 ET by Dr_LibertyYou should always keep both around. What else would you feed to the winning dogs?
<just kidding>
Big, happy-go-lucky Golden
August 25, 2007 - 20:09 ET by VT Con ManBig, happy-go-lucky Golden Retreiver that is just so happy to see me every night when I get home. Never copped an attitude in 8 years...
Coming up on my 20th wedding anniversary, and that has pretty much gone the same way. : )
I am dogless, right
August 25, 2007 - 20:24 ET by BlondeI am dogless, right now.
I had to have my greyhound, Wiley, put down the day before Hurricane Francis, in 2004. I'm still distraught over it....it was a good decision, though, he'd have never survived the storm.
I still miss the mutt, though, and his silly little rat face with the big black marble eyes. As does his pal...Maggie, the fat cat, little green eyed devil.
This is what I don't understand about the whole Michael Vick thing....my pets are not like my kids...they're just my very good pals. They keep me company. They're just a great part of my landscape.
So how can someone treat them as disposable items? I just don't get it.
So....I'm down to no dogs (too bad for me, but my life is a tad too complicated for a dog right now...cats are easier)....but cats are great pets, too.
David Gregory, do you know which damn network you lie for? ~ Uncle Jimbo, @Blackfive
I have 3 dogs Boston
August 25, 2007 - 20:30 ET by Airforce_5_OI have 3 dogs
Boston Terrier
Miniature Pincher
Husky
And 9 Gerbils (their taking over!!!!)
The only thing you should feel when shooting insurgents is the rifle recoil.
Ostrich & Possum
August 25, 2007 - 20:34 ET by Lame CherryFor the liberals shouldn't ostrich with their head in the Iraq sand be offered and for their playing possum when it comes to bravery be included too.
*HIC IACET ARTORIVS REX QVONDAM REXQVE FVTVRVS
Our family for the past 15
August 25, 2007 - 20:53 ET by Del DolemonteOur family for the past 15 years has rescued Border Collies from the local pound, although the correctness police have lately made it impossible to adopt them. They're widely known as being right up there in dog intelligence, but they still need a lot of atention.
We had a Border Collie until she died at 11 years old.....
August 25, 2007 - 23:22 ET by bbbossNow we have a Cocker Spaniel, Jennifer.. we have had since she was 8 weeks...now 14 years old, sweet, fun, and stone deaf ...she won't be with us much longer. We also have a Pomeranian, Giz... we got at 8 weeks..2 years old, and noisey, smart, absolute joy to be around. . A Pit Bull, named Angel; we have had since she was 5 weeks..and she is an angel..she is 7 years old and the Pomeranian's very best buddy. I thought our Border Collie, Summer, was the smartest dog I had ever owned...nope! Angel is the brightest dog I have ever had, in fact, she is the smartest dog I have ever known of. She was actually my youngest son's dog originally and a few years ago when he moved out...about 5 miles away, he took her with. It took her about 5 minutes to scale a 6 foot chain link fence and come home. He got an 8 foot kennel and put it out in his back yard by the fence. She scaled the kennel fence...jumped from the top of the kennel fence to a tree on the neighbor's yard (she has always climbed trees), jumped down and came home.....we gave up and told her she could stay. I really have no idea how many tricks she knows...even my grandkids have taught her things when we aren't around. Speaking of grandkids; the younger ones, when they were 4 or 5, would ride her using her ears as their "handlebars". Angel is one of the reasons I wouldn't mind using double OO buck on Vick and his buddies....why in God's name would someone abuse these beautiful and intelligent animals? By the way, I am not a "animal rights" nut, I hunt, I have butchered cattle, sheep and chickens....I just love my dogs.
Free fallout from dog friends.
August 25, 2007 - 22:27 ET by upcountrywaterFleas.. Folk drop by here petlesss mind u, and they drop off some fleas, free of charge.
Entitlement over infrastructure every SINGLE time.
3 cats, 2 westies, 1 Norfolk
August 26, 2007 - 00:05 ET by winston smith3 cats, 2 westies, 1 Norfolk terrier, 1 Cockatoo, 1 small house. Always lots of excitement.
You don't know
August 26, 2007 - 03:04 ET by lnthompYou don't know excitement... I have 4 dogs and 6 cats that are my pets, then I have 5 foster dogs and 23 foster cats [1 momma cat with 6 kittens (9 weeks old), another momma cat with 3 kittens (3 months old), five more kittens without momma cats (between 3 and 6 months old), another grown cat that someone thought was pregnant, but doesn't seem to be, and then a kitten and 5 cats who are isolated in our basement because they have respiratory infections contagious to other cats.]
Please spay or neuter your pets!!! Anyone wanting a pet dog or cat, please check with local rescues and humane societies!!! "my" foster pets are available through Northwest Animal Companions, 503-646-0171.
Edit: And I forgot to mention, two more sick cats coming to my house Sunday morning for quarantine.
Lee T.
U.S. Navy (ret.) / Vancouver, Washington
The history of the race, and each individual's experience, are thick with evidence that a truth is not hard to kill and that a lie told well is immortal.-- Mark Twain
Pets
August 26, 2007 - 07:03 ET by Free StinkerI prefer no pets.
Clean & Quite that way.
Fred Thompson and Ann Coulter walk into a bar. The bar is instantly destroyed because that much awesome cannot be contained in one building.
i have a pet liberal
August 26, 2007 - 09:19 ET by lunaticcringeradioi provide for them entirely financially and materially, i get up each morning and they're right under my feet looking up at me whining with disatifaction. after feeding them i'm rewarded with a disgusted glance of contempt. throughout the day i get nothing but indifference regarding my existence until the next feeding time.
Hey lunatic
August 26, 2007 - 09:23 ET by Mica the MagnificentExcellent post!
i thought it fit
August 26, 2007 - 09:36 ET by lunaticcringeradioas much as i love cats i have to say liberals seem to display a similar attitude, but the difference is i respect a cat. at least a cat will kill a fly if ones in the house, it'll bury it's turds, and a cat will do a good job to keep it's butt clean as opposed to a liberal.
I'd say cats aren't like that
August 26, 2007 - 09:41 ET by sarcasmoHumans just don't see most of their work because they're nocturnal, so they seem lazy to us. Were it not for cats, we'd be dealing with rodents and their diseases, like the cultures which hated cats in the past now must (see Korea). Most cats are naturally-great hunters, and they even can be trained to use a human toilet if you have patience and start with a kitten.
JMR
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my scorecard
August 26, 2007 - 09:29 ET by lunaticcringeradio1 saltwater reef tank90 gal, 1 saltwater swim tank 120 gal, 1 fresh water tank just 25 gal
2 terrestrial tarantulas, 1 arborial tarantula, 3 cats, 2 girls 1 boy all with the same markings oh i forgot one ball python
no dogs but i want a litl chihuahua and my ole lady wants a great dane
I have fish. In the garden
August 26, 2007 - 12:55 ET by bassndudeI have fish. In the garden pond out back, I keep bluegill and shad. Grandkids love em.
Save a SeAL, club a liberal!!
Two Boxers inhabit my home.
August 26, 2007 - 21:06 ET by mulerider24Two Boxers inhabit my home. I am told they are part of the "working class" dog breed, but apparently that memo was discarded along the way.
I like what Rush said about
August 26, 2007 - 21:09 ET by Trix RabbitI like what Rush said about the differences between dogs and cats:
Dogs have an owner and cats have a wait staff.
Liberal: a power worshipper without power. George Orwell