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The battle of canine and feline
dot-matrix:
Being completely multipetual I often forget that some folks have a strong preference either way. Currently I'm in an exclusive love relationship with my dogs, but in the past I have had satisfying long term relationships with other critters too... all except cats. While I admire and find cats beautiful I am terribly allergic and cannot cohabitate with them.
Not sure how my dogs would react to a kitty in their midst, beyond yelling "lunchtime" but then again they may be more tolerant than and cosmopolitan than I given them credit for. What's that quote from the movie Spartacus?:
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat oysters?
Antoninus: When I have them, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you eat snails?
Antoninus: No, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Do you consider the eating of oysters to be moral and the eating of snails to be immoral?
Antoninus: No, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: Of course not. It is all a matter of taste, isn't it?
Antoninus: Yes, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: And taste is not the same as appetite, and therefore not a question of morals.
Antoninus: It could be argued so, master.
Marcus Licinius Crassus: My robe, Antoninus. My taste includes both snails and oysters.
Of course we all know that MLC was making a very gentile pass at A but that is another poll entirely so back to the topic at hand... Canine or feline? Is it not like asking a Roman to choose between molluscan or ostracine?
forsythia12:
i picked both, but i love birds too.
there was a couple essays i had to study in college about cats vs. dogs, and the two authors were battling it out with the pros and cons of each. the cat-author said, "cat's are self-cleaning"!...
...and the dog-author replied, "so is my oven...and i don't post pictures of it all over my cubical". ;D
i like the personalities of both. i like how dopey and goofy my dog is...and how she gets excited over EVERYTHING as long as it's said with the 'right' tone. i could get her excited about going to the vet if i wanted.
my cat, on the other hand, is a snob, and i like that too. gives him character. he always looks pissed off, like he's 'above' human life.
;D
Shasta542:
Right now I have only dogs, but I intend to get another cat. My calico cat that I'd had for 17 years died last year. When I lived on the farm -- the most cats we had was 17! Three cats with babies. No one was spayed. They lived at the barn mostly.
I love both cats and dogs for pets. All pets are fun. As a child I had calves, turtles, snakes, goldfish, hamsters, etc. I love birds, but have never had one.
I think pet dogs and cats should all be spayed and neutered.
My cousin loves cats, too, Dottie. She is also allergic -- eyes and nose start reacting after a few minutes in a house that has a cat. She wants a cat so badly -- I wonder if those bald cats cause allergic reactions? They are probably expensive.
Fun poll, Dottie!
Shasta542:
--- Quote ---there was a couple essays i had to study in college about cats vs. dogs, and the two authors were battling it out with the pros and cons of each. the cat-author said, "cat's are self-cleaning"!...
...and the dog-author replied, "so is my oven...and i don't post pictures of it all over my cubical".
--- End quote ---
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Dobie1018:
I am really a dog person, but I do like cats as well. Presently I have 3 dogs ages 6, 4 and 3 years old, and 2 cats ages 12 1/2 and 12 years old. They are all the loves of my life!
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