Cats vs. Dogs? Which is easier for you to have as a pet?

Depends on what you define as "easier". Or "harder", for that matter.

In many ways, I'd say that Morgan and the Kitty Boy Brothers are pretty much exactly the same. They are all equally needy and affectionate. They require the same effort in terms of feeding/watering/cleaning/nail clipping/etc. They even all have very similar training styles.

The catbox doesn't bother me much. Neither does scooping poop in the backyard.

Petsitting is one place where the dog is "harder", while the cats are "easier". They all require a petsitter when we are away, but the cats just need somebody to stop in once or twice a day to feed them, whereas Morgan needs somebody to actually keep him in their home.

On the flip side, I find that the cars are "harder" to entertain, while Morgan is "easier". Morgan is happy to do what we do. However, if we don't get enough playtime in with the cats they destroy things like showers and cast-iron skillet pans.

Soo... yeah... it's all a matter of perspective. LOL


ETA: I merely posted to answer the OP, and didn't see that there were already 12 pages of responses here. Needless to say, I haven't read any of it yet. Whoops!

I hate when I have to entertain cars, IT'S SO HARD.

I hate when I have to entertain cars, IT'S SO HARD.

Thanks for quoting out of context, though!

I think I have stated over and over that positive reinforcement only simply did not work.

have you tried smacking

it is really bad advice

I hit/spank my dogs

the whole "OMG YOU SHOULD NEVAR HIT YOUR DOG EVARRRR YOU'RE A HORRIBLE PERSON IF YOU DO" is ridiculous

But I do smack their noses

I smack to show bad behavior

I pop his nose

He only pays attention to me when I pop him

just pop him and expect him to know what I mean.

this is not the only scenario that I have to use physical correction

disagree with the whole "hitting is abuse"

I am against positive training

the dog I pop on the nose and the dog I hit with the leash are two completely different dogs

The hitting with the leash wasn't really a form of training,

Thankyouverymuch. I fixed it.

Although, my cars are very easy to entertain. But the vet bills are outrageous!!!

You guys are CRAZY in my experience cars are some of the easiest things to entertain!

They like it when I turn the radio up really loud.

They get the zoomies

True! And he's awesome at slowly torturing and then eating boxelder bugs that keep getting in.

Very productive (temporary) member of the family

I always kind of underfeed mine so we don't do the zoomies thing

Zoomies are awesome . . . just have to avoid the fun police.