# Cat People: Why do you like cats over dogs? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 14, 2021, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503 "2021-10-14T18:47:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 9
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503/161 "2021-10-17T17:16:26Z")
> [@panache45](#): > > This is the same cat who has taken down mice, in spite of having been de-clawed. My mom’s final two cats were both certified previously owned and arrived as adults: a young Maine coon (M) rescued from an abusive owner that was mad he was too scrawny to breed, who only grew to the lower end of Maine coon size for males, and an enormous declawed tabby (F) who was fully the boy’s size frame-wise. She was a much better mouser despite him having claws and her not. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2021, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503/162 "2021-10-19T19:13:39Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > How about: “I don’t like how babies smell, their shrill crying and shrieking (designed by evolution to be maximally annoying for its attention-getting attributes), having to change their shitty diapers, the need for constant bathing, and their tendency to pee on me”. “So, if he poops, where does it go?” [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/uOvhQqH_hxw/maxresdefault.jpg "Ice Age - Where's The Baby ● (5/16)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uOvhQqH_hxw&t=13s) ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503/163 "2022-09-29T05:05:41Z")
I ran across a couple posts about cat lovers today: > A California driver was charged with fatally mowing down a man whom she accused of trying to run over a cat, authorities said Wednesday. > **[A California woman accused of running over a man she thought was trying to hit...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/california-woman-accused-running-man-thought-was-trying-hit-cat-charge-rcna49917)** > > A prosecutor described the killing as a "random act of violence targeting a stranger." And surely everyone would rush out into 100 to 150 or so mph winds to rescue a cat? > **[Reporter Criticized for Not Rescuing Cat Stranded by Hurricane Ian Surge](https://www.newsweek.com/reporter-criticized-not-rescuing-cat-stranded-hurricane-ian-surge-1747338)** > > The video has since been deleted by the meteorologist, who is based in Fort Myers, Florida. ---
**Author:** ![puzzlegal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/puzzlegal/32/3827_2.png) [@puzzlegal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/puzzlegal)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 11:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503/164 "2022-09-29T11:56:32Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > > [@susan](#): > > > > I don’t like how dogs smell, their barking, or picking up their shit twice a day. Nor the nose-in-the-crotch or getting dirt on my clothes. > > Allow me to offer a counterpoint. > > How about: “I don’t like how babies smell, their shrill crying and shrieking (designed by evolution to be maximally annoying for its attention-getting attributes), having to change their shitty diapers, the need for constant bathing, and their tendency to pee on me”. That’s all true. I put up with it for a couple of year because i wanted children. Not babies, but adult family members. And hey, it worked. I now have a couple of adult children who obtain their own food, deal with their own elimination needs, and can amuse themselves. But they also join me for supper on Rosh Hashanah, share interests with me, and, you know, act like family. I enjoy both dogs and cats in other people’s houses. I have pet cats because the enjoyment i get from having cats around is worth the effort i have to expend on them. The same is not true of dogs. ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503/165 "2022-09-29T14:49:42Z")
I love “visiting” dogs – like petting someone else’s, or enjoying their company at someone else’s house. But I could never keep one as a pet. Too high-maintenance. They need 90 percent of your attention 90 percent of the time. My cats come and go as they please and generally only need me to fill their food and water bowls. In return, sometimes they’ll snuggle up against me. Just as often they won’t. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503/166 "2022-09-29T15:34:53Z")
If dogs and cats were sitcom characters, dogs would be Gomer Pyle and cats would be Niles Crane. They’re both fun to be around, but I prefer the subtle humor of cats. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2022, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503/167 "2022-09-29T17:19:54Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > If dogs and cats were sitcom characters, dogs would be Gomer Pyle and cats would be Niles Crane. > **[The Dog](https://reddwarf.fandom.com/wiki/The_Dog)** > > "Well, trash mah shorts!."-The Dog ("Parallel Universe") The Dog is an alternate version of Cat, from the female-orientated parallel universe. Presumably, the Dog is a descendant of a dog that Deb Lister brought onto her Red Dwarf, prior to the... [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cat-people-why-do-you-like-cats-over-dogs/952503.md?page=8)