Love cats.
But there is no way they are as smart as dogs.
Never saw a cat eat its own turd
Or drink out of the toilet bowl
Just saying
I too love cats. The are FAR more subtle than dogs, which is one way of looking at intelligence. The fact that dogs seem so overtly eager to accept training, and that they appear obsequious, is not necessarily expressive of intellect. Some would say it is more of a slavish or peasant-like mentality.
Dogs excel at jobs, and I used to think they were very intelligent, but a lot of this seems to be instincts and aptitudes bred into them by humans. Also, I think dogs appear to be more intelligent to humans because dogs are more social (in nature they work in packs, and have a social order) than cats and seem to communicate or emote a lot more than they do. But both of these are traits, not intelligence, in my opinion. I see dogs repeat things a lot until they get something good with a lot of trail and error and still not always learning from it until there is more reinforcement, where as I see cats really working things out with problem solving and once they pick up new information or a new skill, they’ve got it.
Like cats as well as dogs but there is no way to overcome my allergic reaction to them. We had a golden doodle that I would characterize as the “best dog ever” despite it taking 4-5 years for her to settle down. I miss our daily walks and her always cheerful greeting even as she suffered from cancer.
Cats may be smart. But dogs generally use their intelligence to try to be useful and pleasing to their human.
You haven’t met my furbabies. I’ve never seen a dumber dog. Just last night I was saying the cats have so much more personality than any dog we’ve had.
One of the cats just brought me a june bug. Yesterday, she brought me about 8 presents. The dog has never brought me any. The cats say hi when they come in and talk to me. The dog just stands there with a blank look in a puddle of drool. It took him the longest to learn to climb the back steps and about 5 years to learn to bark.
At night, the cats know to head to the bedroom so I can close the door on them so I can leave the outside door open to let the others in. The dog gets in their way to the bedroom or blocks the outside door. Dumb dog is constantly stopping in front of people and tripping them. Broke my foot, bruised half of my body and came within inches of going through the glass door when he did that last year. Half the time he doesn’t understand the word, “kitchen” where his bowl is.
Ha, she just brought me another present. A grub this time. Those are not fun when you step on them and juice squirts everywhere, so to the trash when she’s not looking.
Don’t get me wrong. I had a Siberian Husky who was the smartest thing in the world. She even understood jokes. Still miss my best friend after all these years.