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Dog People vs. Cat People: What Pet Preference Says About You
ABC News ^ | March 9, 2012 | Dan Harris and Keturah Grey

Posted on 03/10/2012 5:18:38 AM PST by Zakeet

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To: CatherineofAragon
My last cat, a big tough tom, was so good.

Then you were just very lucky.... A cat has never listened to me. Also, when you do tell them to get off, they will take the LONGEST POSSIBLE ROUTE on the counter itself to get off, but not just jump off from the point which you catch them. Ever notice that?
121 posted on 03/10/2012 7:47:01 PM PST by Thorliveshere
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To: Ditter
It looks like the dog found his buddy....it would be ideal if you could get the dog to eat closer (a little at a time) to the house....he may not have had rabies shots. It takes patience to get him use to you. You could also try throwing him some treats when he's with the bull... Its funny how some animals bond with others. The dog has found his soul mate....:O)

We laughed ourselfs silly watching a horse follow 2 ducks around....when they left the arena the horse would wait for them to come back....It was an outdoor arena. The horse was stabled at night, but the barn cats kept her company then....

The other horse had been her stable mate for years. She sure was happy when the other horse came back home...

122 posted on 03/10/2012 8:21:12 PM PST by goat granny
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To: Nervous Tick

“My cat doesn’t engage in non-stop “serial barking at nothing” like my @#$%^&* neighbors’ dogs do.”

15 years ago my neighbor got a dog and put its pen at the back of the his lot that adjoins mine and was only 50’ from my deck.

The damn thing barked all the time. It only took a few evenings of making a loud SHHH! then tossing a firecracker in that direction to train him to shut up when it heard the SHHH! After a while it learned what it should bark at and when it should bark.


123 posted on 03/10/2012 8:34:56 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: mardi59

“[barks at} his own gas,”

LOL. My GF has a Chihuahua/Terrier mix that is scared of its own farts.


124 posted on 03/10/2012 8:39:35 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Quix

“My lassie collie would wait at the fence line of our lane for me to come home from school.”

I had a wired hair stray that adopted me when I was in grade school. She’d walk with me to the bus stop every morning and be there waiting for me in the afternoon.

Every week day at 3:30 she’d let my mom know it was time to go outside.


125 posted on 03/10/2012 8:52:57 PM PST by Rebelbase
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To: Rebelbase

Easy to believe.

Great animals.

Thanks for your narrative.


126 posted on 03/10/2012 9:15:13 PM PST by Quix (Times are a changin' INSURE you have believed in your heart & confessed Jesus as Lord Come NtheFlesh)
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To: Rebelbase

>> It only took a few evenings of making a loud SHHH! then tossing a firecracker in that direction

HA! Thanx for the tip!


127 posted on 03/11/2012 5:52:14 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: steve86

>> am introverted, unsociable, schizoid, and have a terrible disposition

Have you tried a hedgehog? They are supposed to make great pets! :-)


128 posted on 03/11/2012 5:59:51 AM PDT by Nervous Tick (Trust in God, but row away from the rocks!)
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To: goat granny
The dog won't come within 300 feet of a human and no one actually lives on the ranch. My husband goes down there 3 or 4 times a week and he has a man go and check his cows when he can't go down. We put worm medicine in it's food but a rabies vaccination is out of the question. This creature might as well be a coyote.
129 posted on 03/11/2012 7:19:52 AM PDT by Ditter
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To: Thorliveshere
"Then you were just very lucky.... A cat has never listened to me. Also, when you do tell them to get off, they will take the LONGEST POSSIBLE ROUTE on the counter itself to get off, but not just jump off from the point which you catch them. Ever notice that?"

LOL....."I'm gonna show you."

Actually I only remember him jumping on the countertop once, after I had told him no. He immmediately looked startled and jumped down. And it wasn't luck; I just started training him from kittenhood---consistently--that no, you don't do that.

130 posted on 03/11/2012 8:26:49 AM PDT by CatherineofAragon (I can haz Romney's defeat?)
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To: Zakeet
Dogs rule, cats drool.


131 posted on 03/11/2012 2:05:47 PM PDT by Mountain Bike Vomit Carnage (I wonder why lions are so afraid of chairs.)
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132 posted on 03/11/2012 4:24:49 PM PDT by Zakeet (Obozo is to competent as an Etch-A-Sketch is to art)
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To: Joe 6-pack

“When it comes to rodent control, they have no equal.”

My grandfather used them for hunting rabbits. Ran them into a rabbit burrow to drive the rabbit out and into a bag.

They really look very cute.


133 posted on 03/11/2012 6:22:15 PM PDT by ZULU (LIBERATE HAGIA SOPHIA!!!!!)
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To: steve86

I don’t know where to put this but he has left the forum on behalf of a relative.


134 posted on 03/11/2012 7:15:28 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature not nurture TM)
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To: Zakeet

FTA: “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.”

Dunno about that. To me a home just isn’t homey without both cat(s) and dog(s), tho I favor dogs. The bigger the better. Can’t stand most people.


135 posted on 03/12/2012 11:46:46 PM PDT by Titan Magroyne (What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving.)
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To: Eaker

I most certainly did understand your post. I used your lack of thorough thinking to my advantage....


136 posted on 03/13/2012 10:50:15 AM PDT by Fawn (Anyone but OBOZO!!!!)
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To: Fawn

Wow!

You thought THAT up in just three days?

LOL!


137 posted on 03/13/2012 11:04:12 AM PDT by Eaker (Remember, the enemy tends to wise up at the least convenient moments.)
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To: Eaker

I haven’t been on here in 3 days....I don’t live on here like some. I have a life. ;)


138 posted on 03/13/2012 12:02:49 PM PDT by Fawn (Anyone but OBOZO!!!!)
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To: Fawn

Okay, We can go with that.


139 posted on 03/13/2012 1:05:06 PM PDT by Eaker (Remember, the enemy tends to wise up at the least convenient moments.)
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