You must not have any dogs. Dogs train their humans fairly quickly; at least the trainable ones.
I knew there would be studies coming out about how smart cats are and how they are smarter than dogs when the first one came out a few months ago showing how dogs are twice as smart as cats.
I don’t know which species is smarter but I do know dogs earn their supper as watchdogs or working dogs whereas a cat’s sole function is to be a companion.
It reminds me of a saying I once heard. Women and cats will do as they please so men and dogs should just get used to it. It was from another time of course. Before PC. (BPC?)
I read these threads for amusement, only.
We know.
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I have a shelter Bichon. So cute but dumb as a rock except when scavenging for food. :)
Our cats earn their dinners and special treats by keeping down the varmint, snake and bug population and bring me presents. The dogs, eh.
Never had a dumb cat but have had dumb dogs. It took two years or more for one to learn to bark. That said, have also had one very intelligent dog. It’s all a crap shoot just as in humans.
My cat has a function. He keeps rats, mice and other vermin out of my home.
Kept a rescue kitty for years. I had to put her down, and within a month there were vermin in my home. The dogs were utterly useless. They would literally watch a rat walk across the fireplace.
Got another rescue cat, no more vermin.
The cat has a job, the dog is the companion animal here