{"id":2839,"date":"2022-03-30T14:19:25","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:19:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2839"},"modified":"2022-03-30T14:19:26","modified_gmt":"2022-03-30T14:19:26","slug":"cats-dogs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/?p=2839","title":{"rendered":"Cats & Dogs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Our neighbor has a cat \u2014 actually I\u2019ve mentioned his cat a few times on this blog site (check the archives for \u201cPippin\u201d if you\u2019re interested.) Anyhow, our neighbor kept his brother\u2019s dog for a few weeks a couple of months ago and he said that while he likes dogs, he will never have one of his own because they require too much attention. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s true \u2014 I\u2019ve often said that having a dog is like having a two year-old child that never grows up. But that said, I\u2019m still more of a dog person than a cat person. I don\u2019t dislike cats \u2014 they just have a lot of annoying characteristics that I don\u2019t care for. Since I\u2019m still waiting for the grass to get green and need mowing, I thought I\u2019d examine some of the differences in dogs and cats, at least as I see them. (I also did a little extensive research on the subject.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dogs were probably domesticated maybe 40,000 years ago \u2014 to help early humans to hunt. Cats were only domesticated about 12,000 years ago when agriculture evolved, and cats were used for pest control. But even though dogs evolved from species that would have been able to hunt in packs, they haven\u2019t retained their hunting behavior like cats have. I read something that said that cats need to be able to express their natural hunting behavior because it releases \u201chappy hormones\u201d in their brains. So it\u2019s important for indoor cats to have the opportunity to stalk and pounce on toys and things like that. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Provided they have a nutritionally balanced diet, dogs do not necessarily need to eat meat. Cats must have meat in their diet in order to get all the nutrients they need to keep them healthy.\u00a0
According to one web site I looked at, it is a common misconception that cats cannot be trained like dogs can. The site insists that with positive reinforcement, cats can be taught all sorts of things, like responding to their name and to sitting on command. I\u2019ll just leave that here\u2026 no cat I know does these things.
I do have to admit that on rainy nights, cats go up a notch or two on my list \u2014 cats using a little box is a lot better than taking dogs outside and they always seem very picky about the exact piece of grass to \u201cgo\u201d on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m not trying to convince anyone one way or the other \u2014 if you prefer cats, fine and if you prefer dogs, that\u2019s fine too. But \u2014 I should point out that dogs are mentioned 44 times in the Bible \u2014 35 times in the Old Testament and 9 times in the New Testament\u2026 cats are never mentioned.
So I guess this all boils down to attitude \u2014 not your attitude \u2014 your pet\u2019s attitude. Dogs believe they are human. Cats believe they are God.
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Our neighbor has a cat \u2014 actually I\u2019ve mentioned his cat a few times on this blog site (check the archives for \u201cPippin\u201d if you\u2019re interested.) Anyhow, our neighbor kept his brother\u2019s dog for a few weeks a couple of … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2839"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2841,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2839\/revisions\/2841"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2839"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2839"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/jimmy.ekota.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2839"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}