# More proof that dogs are indeed superior to cats! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 28, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801 "2007-03-28T07:25:21Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/1 "2007-03-28T07:25:21Z")
Hey all, This dog is amazing! Although the dog was most likely not trained in CPR, this golden retriever [did a pseudo-heimlich and saved its owner’s life](http://www.comcast.net/news/strange/index.jsp?cat=STRANGE&fn=/2007/03/27/621290.html&cvqh=itn_heimlich). Wow. So, I say to you, when was the last time a cat ever saved YOUR life, huh? I dont think so. Dog Power! 😃 Bow bow wow, yippiyai yippi yay, Auto ---
**Author:** ![Anastasaeon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/73ab20/32.png) [@Anastasaeon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anastasaeon)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/2 "2007-03-28T07:33:29Z")
Oh yeah? My cats give me the heimlich whether I need it or not. You know… just in case. Usually in the middle of the night. I assume they hear my snoring and believe it is desperate choking. Good kitties. Cool dog. Good boy. ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/3 "2007-03-28T13:18:21Z")
I don’t know if it saved my life per se, but about 5 years ago, my cat Ruckus woke me up in the night when a garbage can started smouldering after a hot ashtray was dumped into it. His loud “MRRRRROW” and urgent pacing around the room was enough to wake me and get me to investigate. Ruckus gets a can of soft food to himself everyday now. Here’s the [hero.](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=dd6escd.jpg&.src=ph) . ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/4 "2007-03-28T13:28:13Z")
Of course cats can do the Heimlich. They could even do open-heart surgery, witrhout anesthesia, using just their bare claws (and their tongues to sterilise everything) – but they don’t need to actually do it to prove they are superior to dogs: they already know they are superior, and can’t be bothered with saving the lives of mere human beings, ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/5 "2007-03-28T13:33:25Z")
When I saw the headline for that story about the dog, my first thought was, “Dog was probably trying to hump that poor lady.” ---
**Author:** ![Honey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honey/32/5074_2.png) [@Honey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honey)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/6 "2007-03-28T14:23:33Z")
[QUOTE=meek] Here’s the [hero.](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=dd6escd.jpg&.src=ph) . [/QUOTE] Psst… **meek** , Ruckus is stoned. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![SnakesCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4af34b/32.png) [@SnakesCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SnakesCatLady)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/7 "2007-03-28T16:09:22Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] Psst… **meek** , Ruckus is stoned. 😉 [/QUOTE] Heehee. I couldn’t decide if he was stoned, or if that was his regal “Lord of All He Surveys” look. Handsome cat. ---
**Author:** ![pinkfreud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pinkfreud/32/17603_2.png) [@pinkfreud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pinkfreud)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/8 "2007-03-28T22:19:56Z")
All three of my dogs are experts at the hiney-lick maneuver. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 10:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/9 "2007-03-28T22:45:17Z")
Do you actually _believe_ everything you read? The dog wasn’t smart. His owner was on the floor and the dog wanted to play. boing boing ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/10 "2007-03-28T22:52:57Z")
[Completely authentic counter-proof](http://www.vegsource.com/talk/humor/messages/7192.html) ---
**Author:** ![Kythereia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e8c25b/32.png) [@Kythereia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kythereia)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/11 "2007-03-28T23:10:51Z")
I vote stoned _and_ regal Lord-of-all-he-surveys, which is entirely possible. I own a dog, which is clear proof that they are ultimately superior to every other living being in every way. So nyah. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [March 28, 2007, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/12 "2007-03-28T23:37:50Z")
Then the dog ate the apple piece she was choking on. [sub]Psst, he was after the food.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![meek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ce73a5/32.png) [@meek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/meek)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/13 "2007-03-29T04:36:20Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] Psst… **meek** , Ruckus is stoned. 😉 [/QUOTE] Ruckus is ALWAYS stoned. [Mo](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=b2f0scd.jpg&.src=ph) [however](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=db36scd.jpg&.src=ph), [is](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=dcc7scd.jpg&.src=ph) [drunk](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=ecc4scd.jpg&.src=ph). It’s hard to believe [these two](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=5cbascd.jpg&.src=ph) stoned demons used to be [this](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=20fc&.dnm=54d9.jpg&.src=ph) small and cute. My brother has a drunk [dog](http://uk.pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/nbokenfohr/detail?.dir=c20cscd&.dnm=65a7scd.jpg&.src=ph). Heh heh - “hiney-lick maneuver” - Nice one **pinkfreud** . ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 4:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/14 "2007-03-29T04:59:30Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] More proof that dogs are indeed superior to cats! [/QUOTE] I think you left out some words from your title. Let me help: "More proof that dog \*owners \* are indeed \*willing to attribute near human powers of intelligence to dogs, despite all evidence that they are not actually \* superior to cats! ---
**Author:** ![Seven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Seven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Seven)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/15 "2007-03-29T06:22:55Z")
**More proof that dogs are indeed superior to cats!** Today my cat had to poop. No one had to let her outside. She used the litter box. The litter box is currently empty because the dog ate the poo out of it. Today my cat spent the day sleeping on my bed. Today I saw my dog run into a wall. …just sayin. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/16 "2007-03-29T06:40:46Z")
[QUOTE=Autolycus] So, I say to you, when was the last time a cat ever saved YOUR life, huh? I dont think so. [/QUOTE] Meet [911 Kitty](http://www.usatoday.com/news/offbeat/2005-12-31-cat-called-911_x.htm). ---
**Author:** ![chowder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/977dab/32.png) [@chowder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chowder)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/17 "2007-03-29T07:33:18Z")
You can train a dog to go fetch a newspaper in the pissing rain, a newspaper which the dog can’t read. Try teaching a cat to do that and then tell me which is the smartest animal ---
**Author:** ![Rigamarole](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/77aa72/32.png) [@Rigamarole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rigamarole)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/18 "2007-03-29T08:19:11Z")
Big deal. Cats [lick me](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=414259). (that’s not my thread, but they do) That’s more than can be said of my _girlfriend_. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/19 "2007-03-29T18:06:26Z")
[QUOTE=chowder] You can train a dog to go fetch a newspaper in the pissing rain, a newspaper which the dog can’t read. Try teaching a cat to do that and then tell me which is the smartest animal [/QUOTE] Clearly cats in that instance. ---
**Author:** ![Motorgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e36b37/32.png) [@Motorgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Motorgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2007, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801/20 "2007-03-29T21:03:25Z")
[QUOTE=Honey] Psst… **meek** , Ruckus is stoned. 😉 [/QUOTE] I think we know who dumped the hot ashes in the trash, then. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/more-proof-that-dogs-are-indeed-superior-to-cats/397801.md?page=2)