I used to be dog person as a child, but now I love cat's ~ a cat will stay with you because she wants to, they are independent and don't need you, that is why it is all the more special to have a cat.

A dog will love you sure~ but he needs you to feed him and take care of him. He will die if you withdraw your support completely..willing slaves that is the way I see them. I do like dogs, but its cats all the way for me.

Thank you Freedumb for creating this balance.

Raven has seen many a thread get bogged down in silly name calling where the art of the argument itself is lost among the muck.

Go in peace all.

I guess I would be a dog person, although it seems to me that I think any people who positively spend time with any animals good value.

I think for me, Dogs are my favourite because of the little things like going for walks together or, like I am about to do, me and the three dogs off to the beach together. Arguably, they (the dogs) need this kind of daily attention and, for some, time limitations make dogs impractical. I think it is great that some people recognise their time constraints. I see far too many dogs left locked up in backyards with limited or no attention - Cats seem to me to be much more suited to being left to their own devices in the main.

I saw some people down the beach recently with a pet pig, not one of the cutesy little ones either, this was a serious pig. My dogs had no idea, lol. The girl (who is a mixed breed that probably in a different life would have made a hunting dog) ended up playing with the pig... What a great pet it looked like. It even came to it's owner when called.


Also, I concur with Raven, good work on this thread Freedumb.