Dogs are dependent and willing to kiss your arses every chance they get in the hope of low quality minimum rations and an occasional bite of something that isn’t garbage. They have no standards, any crap will do, the more you put them in their place, the more slavishly loyal they are. Think of them as union leaders and welfare recipients.
Cats will accept gifts from their fans if these meet their standards, but they don’t hope for gifts. If they think you are too in incompetent to provide for yourself, they will even provide you with training in how to procure food by bringing back live prey for you to practice on.
If you scratch their back, they will scratch yours. If you fail to pay well for their services they’ll go get something later on their own or go to your competition. Think of them as business executives and independent contractors.
One nice thing about cats, is that you never have to set your alarm clock, they are your alarm clock.