Cats Vs Dogs

Everybody knows that you are either a cat person, or a dog lover. Up until the arrival of our two cats, I had always assumed myself to be a hound lovin’ kinda girl, but now I find myself sitting on the fence between Poochester and Pussex, So I’ve compiled a score board to see which of the two of man’s trusty companions came up trumps;

Firstly, no cat on earth can pull off a periodic costume quite as well as Dog Tanian can.

Cats were worshipped by the ancient Egyptians – and don’t they know it!

A Husky by the name of Pixie gave birth to seven puppies, one of which was born bright green. I think the snot puppy deserves an extra point for originality, well done Pixie!

Dogs produce drool like Star Trek conventions produce nerds (no offense to any Trekkies reading!) In fact, one day last year, Rilla proudly trotted along the river walk way with her tail reaching up to the heavens in a merry wag of contentment whilst an autumn leaf was being dragged alongside her by an elasticky string of slobber that stretched right down to the ground! However, this special and repulsive talent which dogs are blessed with has in fact come in useful in the past in adding comical value to films such as Beethoven, and Turner and Hooch, so I don’t think that they deserve to have a point docked for this one.

Cats shower their owners with wonderful gifts such as mangled mouse which can be left out as a warning to all other mice to stay away, piles of feathers in case your pillows are getting a bit flat and need re-stuffing, or indeterminate piles of various organs of unknown origin, perfect for making offal stew for the in-laws – mmmmm! Sure, a dog will bring you your slippers, but let’s face it, how hard is it to fetch your own slippers? Your slippers are normally just a few feet away whereas your moggy will search far and wide for his thoughtful offerings!

If you yourself are lucky enough to be a white cat, you get to sit on the cool bond villon’s knee!

Cats have more mood swings than a bipolar pregnant woman whereas the majority of dogs will let you tickle their tummy or even tug their tail’s to your heart’s content (don’t try this at home, kids!)

Moggies are ideal for protecting you from those icky spiders when there are no men around... when they can be bothered that is.

However, hounds are very well suited to keeping away those pesky bills by either a direct attack upon them as they slip through the letter box, or when given the opportunity, they will head straight for the Holy Grail itself; the postman’s bum! This form of protection does have it’s downfalls though as Fido is indiscriminate as to what post he destroys, whether it be good or bad.

The fact that clinched it for me though was when I discovered this afternoon that a dog by the name of Laika was once launched into space aboard a Russian space craft, so slobber and walks in the rain and cold aside, the prospect of owning my very own astronaut dog was the deal breaker for me. Sorry feline lovers, dogs rule! Right, I’m off to find a suitably sized fish bowl for phase one of Rilla’s space training programme.