cat or a dog?

Toasthead

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depends. where do you live ( house or apt). Do you go away for extended periods of time? There are tons of questions that should be asked.
 

biffbacon

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i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them
 

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Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them

I'd get a dog because I'm a dog and kitten person (Cats = evil)

How much time a week will you spend with him playing outside?
 

DT4K

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Dogs will worship you.
Cats will tolerate you, sometimes.

I had a cat growing up and had a couple more as an adult.
But they all ended up peeing on my carpet.

I have a dog now and prefer them to cats.
But a dog is more work. You can leave cats home alone while you go on vacation for a few days. Can't do that with a dog.
 

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Originally posted by: Shanti
Dogs will worship you.
Cats will tolerate you, sometimes.

I had a cat growing up and had a couple more as an adult.
But they all ended up peeing on my carpet.

I have a dog now and prefer them to cats.
But a dog is more work. You can leave cats home alone while you go on vacation for a few days. Can't do that with a dog.

The cat could care less, just leave a bag of cat food ripped open and have someone come over and change the litter box once a month
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them
Get a basset. The dog will sleep whenever you are gone and make great pets. If you are still in the IN area, take a look at GABR.

 

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I can't figure out why anyone would get a cat in the first place. Heck, a hamster shows about as much devotion and affection towards it's master as a cat does. A dog though... you're the dog's best friend. A cat doesn't give a sh!t about you, as long as it's got food and a clean litter box.
 

biffbacon

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Originally posted by: minendo
Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them
Get a basset. The dog will sleep whenever you are gone and make great pets. If you are still in the IN area, take a look at GABR.

ill check it out. i never really thought about a basset, but sounds like what im looking for
 

minendo

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Originally posted by: biffbacon
ill check it out. i never really thought about a basset, but sounds like what im looking for
Great dogs. My girlfriend and I adopted Stella through GABR. She has turned out to be the perfect dog for us.
 

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Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them

Cats are 10X easier to take care of and train.


Ausm
 
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Originally posted by: DrPizza
I can't figure out why anyone would get a cat in the first place. Heck, a hamster shows about as much devotion and affection towards it's master as a cat does. A dog though... you're the dog's best friend. A cat doesn't give a sh!t about you, as long as it's got food and a clean litter box.



hide its food and litter box until the cat gives a sh** about you:)

 

ThaGrandCow

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Originally posted by: ausm
Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them

Cats are 10X easier to take care of and train.


Ausm

Cats are boring. They just sit around and claw at stuff. Dogs you can truly play with.
 

glugglug

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Originally posted by: ausm
Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them

Cats are 10X easier to take care of and train.


Ausm

Cats aren't trainable.
 

DT4K

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
I can't figure out why anyone would get a cat in the first place. Heck, a hamster shows about as much devotion and affection towards it's master as a cat does. A dog though... you're the dog's best friend. A cat doesn't give a sh!t about you, as long as it's got food and a clean litter box.
My cats were actually very affectionate. They spent a lot of time wanting to be on my lap and get pet.

 

Jeff7181

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Originally posted by: glugglug
Originally posted by: ausm
Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them

Cats are 10X easier to take care of and train.


Ausm

Cats aren't trainable.

Both of my cats, which by the way are only 4 months old, come when I call them... they know what no means, and they obey when I say no. They learned to use the litter box in about 30 seconds... they learned where to scratch and where not to scratch in a manner of weeks. So... cats can be trained... you just have to be smart enough to train them =)
 

Jeff7181

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
I can't figure out why anyone would get a cat in the first place. Heck, a hamster shows about as much devotion and affection towards it's master as a cat does. A dog though... you're the dog's best friend. A cat doesn't give a sh!t about you, as long as it's got food and a clean litter box.

Also untrue... my cats constantly follow me around the house... if they're sleeping and I leave the room for more than 5 minutes, they come looking for me. It all depends on the cat, on you, and how you treat the cat.
 

Ausm

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Originally posted by: glugglug
Originally posted by: ausm
Originally posted by: biffbacon
i have a house with a yard, and am home a decent amount of time, but my roommate is usually home when im not. i have always had a dog growing up, but was kinda wondering about a cat, but dont know much about them

Cats are 10X easier to take care of and train.


Ausm

Cats aren't trainable.

When it comes to using the litter box what do you call that?

Ausm
 

Anubis

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Originally posted by: Shanti
Dogs will worship you.
Cats will tolerate you, sometimes.

I had a cat growing up and had a couple more as an adult.
But they all ended up peeing on my carpet.

I have a dog now and prefer them to cats.
But a dog is more work. You can leave cats home alone while you go on vacation for a few days. Can't do that with a dog.

thats not true, i have 2 cats used to have 4 and they all worship our faimily. they are amazing. my GF is convinced that they are dogs in disguise

my sister has a dog. a pit bull and its a big pussy. acts more liek a cat then a dog. stupid thing weighs 80 lbs and it wants to be in your lap. while your sitting on a stool.

and to solve this problim just get 1 of each from the locial humians society