Posted on 03/10/2012 5:18:38 AM PST by Zakeet
Ask anyone on the street whether they're a cat or a dog person, and chances are, they've got a quick answer. Like the choice between Coke or Pepsi, or chocolate or vanilla, how you respond to cats versus dogs could say a lot about you.
"Dog people are a little more outgoing," a dog owner at the Westminster Dog Show told ABC News. "Cat people are a little more aloof, because that's just how cats are."
Karen Hessel, the proud "mama" to 3-year-old Ripley, a golden retriever, said, "They say that cats are very intelligent but I haven't seen that yet in a cat, but I know my dog is brilliant."
Over at the Black Diamond Cat Show in Kimberton, Pa., cat owners were telling a different story, saying intelligence is the key difference between dog and cat owners. Cat people, they say, are simply smarter.
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A major study at the University of Texas shows that there really is a difference between "dog people" and "cat people."
Those who define themselves as "dog people" are more extroverted, more agreeable and more conscientious than self-described "cat people." Those who love felines, though, were found to be less traditional, more creative and more neurotic.
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I was part of the horse crowd in my younger days, and it seemed the horse people all had JR’s.....I came to the conclusion they are dogs with a severe case of ADHD and needed psycho therapy .....it also did not help that cute dog, Eddie on Frazier caused people to adopt those dogs.....fast forward to my current life, 3 weeks ago today we adopted a dog from a no kill shelter and he is clearly a JR mix....when I saw him he captured my heart but my head was saying “are you nuts?”.....as it turns he is a great dog and the terrier bark gene is missing.....
JR’s can be great dogs but they need the right owners that provide a stimulating environment for them or those dogs will find their own “fun”
True, dat...:-)
Even named the dog after himself .... B.O.
My cat owns me.
I work long hours and don’t want to walk a dog when I get home. My neighbors dog would howl at all hours and I wanted to put my foot up his kazoo everytime he started. One night he started at 6:30pm and howled until after 4am. He’s a Jack Russell! He now only barks at squirrels, rabbits, mailmen, tree leaves, the wind, his own gas, airplanes, children, clouds, and anything else that moves.
He has to be a libera. Stupid dog!
I had a Jack Russell “Terrorist”, too! I’ve often said that if JRs were a large dog breed, they would rule the world. Megs kept me on my toes .... lots of fun. She was a rough-coat .... looked like someone had plugged her into an electrical socket and she could definitely act that way, too. I had horses so she had lots to keep her busy - quite the mouser ... I took her through a couple of levels of obedience training (several folks told me that JRs couldn’t be obedience trained - ha!) and she was one of if not the best working dog in the class ... smart as a whip and she loved to “work”. We had a few arguments over who was ‘pack leader’ once in a while, but not often .... she growled at me as a puppy and all hell broke loose (for her) so usually all I had to do was say her name in a sharp tone & stare at her and she’d back down. She died in her sleep at 13 .... sure do miss her lively, happy spirit around here.
I own a pug and they a definitely one of the dumbest creatures creatures ever put on God’s green earth. And also one of the most loveable. Losing her will be like losing one of the family. It WILL be losing one of the family. A good dog is the closest thing we will ever see to true unconditional love.
“...that cute dog, Eddie on Frazier caused people to adopt those dogs...”
Yes, my friend who is really an all-animal type person said you have to be careful with those dogs and they are not naturally how Eddie is on the show. They are very hyper in real life. They are a good size for a dog, though.
I’m totally a cat person, but if I ever did have a dog, about that size would be good for me.
My cat routinely protects us from scorpions in the house. When she catches mice, she takes them to the jacuzzi (stadium) where the games begin. (gotta close the drain or she loses them there)
When the weather is bad, I don’t have to take my cat out for a walk to poop. She has her cat pan.
Some dogs are noisy, cats have a soothing purr
my sister had a JR named Precious Kitty
ROTFLMAO!
The rough/broken coats come from other terriers that were bred into the Jack Russel/Fox Terrier line over the years. They are the best but people always ask what kind of dogs. They are not very well known. One of my long coated ones is a super mouser, all he wants to do is hunt. The short haired typical looking Jack is a talented ball player and defiantly more high strung than the long coats. Yesterday at the vet clinic I saw a precious dog that would pass for a broken coated Jack. She was a Chihuahua West Highland Terrier cross. I could have stolen that dog! :D
Dogs arn’t bad eating kittens give me gas
We have both, but I like the company of dogs better. Cats are just so damn aloof and anti-authoritarian. “You don’t want me to walk up here on the counter? I’ll do it anyway. Nah-nah-nanny-boo-boo.”
Hate when that happens.
I’m a cat lady from stem to stern. I have four right now. Jack, my little soldier, who likes to play cat-wants-in, cat-wants-out all weekend. Fluff, the Queen, who wants a taste of whatever I’m eating, and likes to drink out of the bathtub tap. Skeek, the writhing satiny sidewinder snake, who squirms wildly when you pet her, and runs in terror from anything that makes a rustling noise, and Angel the all-white kitty who will play fetch-the-toy-mouse with me. I mean, she literally fetches it and brings it back. They make me happy.
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