I know it is all over my face and tickles my nose and eyes... Mine scream if the slicker brush doesnt have tiny balls on the end. Hartz made a purple one like this recently.

I have a special connection~ with cats I guess, my job with them was always to socialise them to become adoptable and I've literally never met a cat that I couldn't befriend, it's always funny when we'd get a "problem" cat in and someone would be like "oh he/she bites/scratches/hates being touched don't bother them!" and I'd have them sitting on my lap five minutes later, cuddling them. Neener neener.

So yeah definitely a cat person

I don't really like dog people.

I've been a Cat person all my life. They are demanding animals and basically choose who they depend upon. My cat thinks my hubby can't even do what I can for him. Cats are smarter than some think. They are psychic.

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:laughing:

I'm not THAT serious, I'm just more of a cat person myself. I don't like people who are dog-like I mean? Like overly enthusiastic and hyper/extroverted

Most dog people I know are like that

I know you weren't serious :)

I'm more of a dog person (I love cats as well though, despite being allergic) but I'm the complete opposite of overly enthusiastic/hyper/extroverted!

In all seriousness, I am a cat person though. I have nothing against dogs, I just don't want to live with one for many of the same reasons I don't want a hyper-needy roommate who makes me pick up his shit with a plastic bag.

A dog is not a slave

then you aren't a dog person


Being a dog person is more than just owning a dog.

Someone posted an article that goes into details about.

So because I'm not extroverted and hyper in personality, I'm not a dog person? That's a bit ridiculous... Why can't "dog people" be introverted and quiet? I disagree with this article, whatever it is. I've owned dogs all my life and enjoy the companionship they give me and the activities we participate in together, I thought that was enough...

Unless we are defining "dog person" and "cat person" differently. I thought being a dog person or a cat person meant preferring those animals as your companions and identifying with them, not an actual personality type classification.

yeah, it can be that as well but it's also more than that. You don't have to actually own a dog or prefer to have dogs to be a "dog person"

Tim posted the article earlier but it got over looked.

http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/...ive-dog-people

Ok fine... IMO I have formulated what might (keyword might) be a pattern of we cat people being melancholy, infinitely passionate, giving more than what's given even in convo, slightly out of touch w/ reality, glass is half full, susceptible to going mad at least a few times in our lives, and drawing inspiration from within instead of from others.

What do you think? =s

See, I guess this is where I disagree with the article and this notion, I was defining "dog person" as a person who prefers to have dogs as companions as opposed to cats. I was not referring to it as a full-blown personality classification as I don't believe the small amount of studies done it in warrants it to be used as a personality type.

I consider myself more of a "dog person" because I have pet dogs and I enjoy their companionship more than I would cats. I love dogs and spend lots of time with them as animals, more time than I spend with cats. I may possess some of the random personality traits that this article suggests, I may not. But I wouldn't go so far as to say "You're not really a dog person because you don't have that stereotypical dog personality."

Add more observant to our list (I think)... we are quiet observers of everyone and everything...

Cats are pointless creatures. We should have never domesticated them. They do nothing but bring shame to the noble feline family. At least dogs can lead the blind and feed the needy.

Yeah some people take it at face value of "Oh I prefer to have dogs over cats with me so I'm a dog person." while others recognize the traits that dog people typically have. Are they stereotypical? Sure and of course they won't apply to everyone but they DO apply to some. I feel like the direction of this thread from the beginning was more about personality traits associated with being a "cat person" vs. a "dog person". Not just the simplistic, well I own dogs and prefer their company.

How do they feed the needy? Do the needy cook them up or something? If so that is sick!

Psychology Today isn't really a great source tho

I'm just re-posting what Tim posted earlier.

I bet you're against eating horse meat too.

Can't comment really as I've never tried it.

or you don't know you've tried it when you have

It's tastier, cheaper and healthier than beef.

Cats were domesticated because they were found useful to hunt mice that ate grain and you need mice eating your grain and pooping on it like you need a hole in your head.

Yeah I can imagine lions lamenting the fact that cats are fed by owners.

Yeah I think that is the Robin Hood breed of dogs, they steal from the rich to feed the poor.

Yeah I know very well a lion would swallow up (inhale) my cats, even the 20 lb tom. So? I came to terms with that reality a LONG time ago...

Unless the cat is feeding itself then it is just as needy as the dog, or any animal really.

They are q u i e t and tidy.

Alright. I wasn't really being all that serious, but I knew cats were used as pest control. Technically you can eat cats too if you really want to get pedantic about it.

Ick!

Well...I can't say I'm keen to try it, even if I have already if you know what I mean. I hardly ever eat red meat anyway to be honest.

Horse meat should be sold in the UK. It's fucking daft that it isn't. It hasn't done Alistair Overeem or Serge Nubret any harm.

Just sell horse meat in the shops and butcher's. It's healthier than 90% (ok ok, rough estimate!!) of the food products sold in our supermarkets. We sell factory produced chicken nuggets filled with chemicals and laboratory altered fats, but not fresh, healthy horse meat? I get that fuss is about unregulated products being sold as something that it isn't but most of us eat McDonald's or other ****e without a second's hesitation.

People in some countries would moan that we were getting it at the same price as beef.

I've never walked a cat.

I have! I used a leash and everything.

I'm sure there are a few that enjoy it, but it's not typically required of a cat owner to walk it on a leash a few times per day. For me, that's an example of dog-neediness.

It was for my nana, she never let them out on their own because she was paranoid they'd run away!

I love all animals equally, but I will admit that I am somewhat of an identified "cat lady".

And as for cat walking, it is very rare that it is possible. My boyfriend and I have invested in leashes, collars, and harnesses. Although the kitties do enjoy their outing to the park or nearest patch of grass, you go where THEY want to go.

My cat, Bob, would vanish for three or four days then come home, stay awhile then vanish again. The first time it left we thought oh it ran away, but second, third time on we kinda expect our cat to return, but we didn't know when. Whenever he show up at our door we would all say "Bob's home." Still we couldn't figure its odd behavior. This cat of ours has the appetite of a Rottweiler dog. We couldn't figure out how it could go without being fed for all those days it was gone. Then one my dad was talking to our neighbor. Here my cat was adopted as a stray by another family who feed him and played with him. And they too had the same problem couldn't figure out where he was vanish to when left their house. Here Bob was living the life of Riley - he had two households taken care of him. I guess if he got tired of us he would pack it in and move to our neighbors house then vice a versa. I really felt sorry for them when they gave him up, they said it was the best pet they ever had, except for the part constantly running away.

Wow I am impressed! Bob seems quite the character and took advantage of TWO families. That's a whole lotta love. So is he still running away? Naughty kitty!

Does anyone have meowing conversations with their cats?