Cats vs dogs

[Reincarnate]

How did this turn into a discussion about training, lol

[Pseudo Enigma]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

How did this turn into a discussion about training, lol

you can't say you didn't see that coming. The typical argument against cats is "my dog can do tricks, so it's automatically better than your smelly cat"

[Poison-]

Cats suck

[Syhto]

a lot of dogs can't really be trained tho. this thread is like... idk, comparing snails to whales or something. they are both unique and separate species, you don't necessarily have to choose one over the other

it may be for shits and giggles but its tired

*sips tea*

[AlexDest]

both because i'm an indecisive shit

[NeoMasterPie]

i like all pets equally, although i find most breeds of cats cuter than most breeds of dogs with exceptions on both sides (huskies, corgis, shibas and dachshunds <3) which heavily influences my choice don't judge me

gonna restrain myself and not post pictures of my cats but i have the most playful and affectionate maine coon (not purebred i'm assuming since he was found sick in the dirt as a kitten about 3 years ago) and he is the best. his respiratory system is messed up so his meows sound like "keehh.."

i also have a calico colored god-knows-what-breed that follows me around like a dog and has major separation anxiety, whether it be scratching the bathroom door when i'm in there or howling when i leave the house

[Reincarnate]

dogs = too much maintenance for me

[Reincarnate]

...meow

[korny]

Originally Posted by Syhto

a lot of dogs can't really be trained tho

Not if you're a dominant pack leeeder

[Reincarnate]

I trained my cat to play fetch

checkmate

[SCWolf]

Dogs are bueno

[Syhto]

I get it i think. Taco bueno LoL !?!?!?! ;b

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i love em both.
german shepherds, huskies
calicos, coon cats

[Syhto]

torties : 3 sock feets

[Cavernio]

Originally Posted by devonin

So cats then?

I nearly missed this

Originally Posted by Izzy

Isn't training any animal essentially trying to trick it to do what you want through positive or negative reinforcement? They will never actually understand your request or actually want to do it.

I could say the same thing about training people to understand and use language, just that the specific training is far more nuanced.

If people have free will because they're capable of thought and therefore choosing their own actions, animals have free will too, just not as much as people do. At least, anything with a cortex has this.

Positive reinforcement for a dog can be 'omg such a good doggy! *patting and getting excited at what they did*. This wouldn't work if they didn't want human attention. And punishment for a dog can be you yelling at it. If they want positive human attention it follows, to me, that they want to please a human and actually want to do the request. Dogs are social and highly attuned to the actions of people in the way that I would say people can understand other people's body language. Everything about a person's interaction with an animal like a dog screams to me 'dogs can think and understand'.

Dogs. I like cats too though.

[Cavernio]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

I trained my cat to play fetch

checkmate

Does it seem like your cat enjoys playing fetch?

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by Cavernio

Does it seem like your cat enjoys playing fetch?

very much so

[Cavernio]

weird

[kommisar]

cats



they cuddle when they need it and are readily available when I do. they leave me alone otherwise and are independant


just my type.