I have had both several times over but my preference is definitely dogs.
Dogs can also be personal body guards and home security systems too. Try that with a cat... ( unless you have a cougar for a pet ).
Dogs can travel with you in a vehicle, in most cases, easier than a cat.
Dogs can be trained to do incredibly more tasks than cats ( in fact, I never had a cat that could do much of anything useful other than be a cat). Try training your cat to run out and grab the newspaper from the yard when it’s freezing cold out ! LOL. !! Or just get the paper at all !! You gotta love dogs.
Like butterflies cats need no excuse for being.
Try training your cat to run out and grab the newspaper from the yard when it’s freezing cold out ! LOL. !! Or just get the paper at all !! You gotta love dogs.
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That isn’t saying a cat CAN’T do it.
Shows they are smart enough not to.
Only proof you need that cats are smarter:
“Try training 6 or eight cats to pull your butt through 30 miles or so of snow”
The picture comes to mind of all 8 cats pulling in a different direction.
Hence the statement: “Harder than trying to herd cats”.
Cats can protect...there was a book a few years ago about a lady and her tiny blind kitty who lived in NYC. Someone tried to burglarize her apartment and little Homer fought so hard one of his claws ripped off in the burglar’s face. Flat out embedded in the guy’s cheek...
Cats typically nip or give you a small scratch to let you know they don’t appreciate what you’re doing, or it happens in the struggle to get away in the case of something like pilling or defleaing a cat. Most don’t actually see a cat in defense mode rather than escape...they go for the throat and eyes, and I have very little doubt one could blind or kill. Paw full of claws to the neck vessels...