Originally posted by Dis_Ordur Hey firemagic, I am just going to start calling you wheelchair boy... Maybe you were in a bad mood yesterday, or maybe you got bit in the ass by a dog... But spare us from your "dogs are for insecure people" shit, it is petty generalizations like this that really point to a person's overall intellect... You had some pretty well thought out posts in the past, but due to these mindless and arrogant statements, I am chalking you up as a wanker now... I have a 70 lb. chocolate lab, and he is a complete idiot most of the times... However, he makes the best guard dog around... I used to live in South Minneapolis, definitely a spotty neighborhood, our dog helped prevent a couple break in attempts to our cars and homes, needless to say, our cat would greet an intruder at the door hoping for a stroking... Dog is man's true best friend... The fierce loyalty displayed by my dog is unmatched by most of my friends even...
Amen Brother!
My dog is great with kids and basically anyone, but if she feels that we are being hurt by anoyne she doesn't know she would definitley attack.
One example of this was on Halloween. My little brother and sister were going trick-or-treating and my brother put on his mask. He picked up my sister and she screamed and Benji (my dog) starting barking at him. If he didn't take that mask off there would be no doubt he'd have been in the hospital. My other dog, Josie, isn't very friendly towards people she doesn't know. If one of my friends who hasn't been to my house often comes over, Josie will go up to them and growl or snap. Once you have been here for a while, she starts to trust you and you can go up to pet her. Luckily, she didn't do that with us when we bought her.
My other dog, Buster, has an undying loyalty to my father. Every time he leaves the house, Buster will whine and whine until he comes back. I honestly think Buster would kill anything in his way to make sure my dad was safe (Buser is small, but vicious to the neighbor dogs. He's a little 20-lb. beagle and can scare off Rottwhielers and Dobermans)
For the record, Benji is a golden Laborador Retriever (80lbs. i'd say) and is 11. Josie is a beagle/dauchsund mix and is 4 (around 30 lbs.), and Buster is a pure-bred beagle around 20lbs.
The (Cats are better than dogs) argument is stupidity personified. Just like dogs are better than cats argument. Truth of the matter is both have and are EXTREMELY helpfull to the human race. So much so, that our current soceity wouldnt exist in the current state as it is now. Especially if your trying to use logic to say one is better than the other.
The Cats greatest contribution is the controlling of rodents. Without them epidemics, and starvation would have been far more prevalent in the past. That contribution alone probably has saved hundreds of millions of people. Rodents carry disease and rodents if left unchecked can cause famine by spoiling food. They also help to prevent rodents getting to plague proportions eating entire fields, farms, granaries, etc. Though modern pest solutions may be the mainstay in western soceitys, cats still fulfill this role to this very day in citys and countrysides. Be it in New York City or farm houses in Idaho. That and MANY cats are not independant loners. Many are, but many nag for attention more than dogs.
Dogs on the other hand, wth their herding abilities that allowed humans to have larger flocks of livestock animals that survive and flourish directly attributes to humans civilizations supporting larger populations, it helped free people from just being farmers and herders and allowed a surplus to be made. This directly lead to other critical elements of modern day cilizations including, merchants, priests, soldiers, engineers, doctors, inventors, etc etc. Dogs to this day, have extremely important roles as they still herd animals, hunt with humans, protect their territory and pack members (us), find living people trapped in toppled buildings, helping disabled people live more fulfilling lives, especially the blind, Serve as companions for people who are shutins, in nursing homes, or hospice, find drugs, find bombs, take down violent criminals. Wow, yeah dogs are so useless. Oh and to say that dogs adoring us is a handicap you are truly a fool, that is one of their greatest values.
Which is better? thats just opinion, but to dismiss either, with superfluous 5 year old deduction is laughable. Before trying to prove how smart you are, try thinking it through first. Otherwise, you're just another bigmouth know it all who's trying to validate you're own ego instead you come off as an amateurish buffoon.
Dogs see us, Grooming them, feeding them, taking care of them and think "They must be god!" Cats see us, Grooming them, feeding them, taking care of them and think "I must be a god!"
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Amen Brother!
My dog is great with kids and basically anyone, but if she feels that we are being hurt by anoyne she doesn't know she would definitley attack.
One example of this was on Halloween. My little brother and sister were going trick-or-treating and my brother put on his mask. He picked up my sister and she screamed and Benji (my dog) starting barking at him. If he didn't take that mask off there would be no doubt he'd have been in the hospital.
My other dog, Josie, isn't very friendly towards people she doesn't know. If one of my friends who hasn't been to my house often comes over, Josie will go up to them and growl or snap. Once you have been here for a while, she starts to trust you and you can go up to pet her. Luckily, she didn't do that with us when we bought her.
My other dog, Buster, has an undying loyalty to my father. Every time he leaves the house, Buster will whine and whine until he comes back. I honestly think Buster would kill anything in his way to make sure my dad was safe (Buser is small, but vicious to the neighbor dogs. He's a little 20-lb. beagle and can scare off Rottwhielers and Dobermans)
For the record, Benji is a golden Laborador Retriever (80lbs. i'd say) and is 11. Josie is a beagle/dauchsund mix and is 4 (around 30 lbs.), and Buster is a pure-bred beagle around 20lbs.
The (Cats are better than dogs) argument is stupidity personified. Just like dogs are better than cats argument. Truth of the matter is both have and are EXTREMELY helpfull to the human race. So much so, that our current soceity wouldnt exist in the current state as it is now. Especially if your trying to use logic to say one is better than the other.
The Cats greatest contribution is the controlling of rodents. Without them epidemics, and starvation would have been far more prevalent in the past. That contribution alone probably has saved hundreds of millions of people. Rodents carry disease and rodents if left unchecked can cause famine by spoiling food. They also help to prevent rodents getting to plague proportions eating entire fields, farms, granaries, etc. Though modern pest solutions may be the mainstay in western soceitys, cats still fulfill this role to this very day in citys and countrysides. Be it in New York City or farm houses in Idaho. That and MANY cats are not independant loners. Many are, but many nag for attention more than dogs.
Dogs on the other hand, wth their herding abilities that allowed humans to have larger flocks of livestock animals that survive and flourish directly attributes to humans civilizations supporting larger populations, it helped free people from just being farmers and herders and allowed a surplus to be made. This directly lead to other critical elements of modern day cilizations including, merchants, priests, soldiers, engineers, doctors, inventors, etc etc. Dogs to this day, have extremely important roles as they still herd animals, hunt with humans, protect their territory and pack members (us), find living people trapped in toppled buildings, helping disabled people live more fulfilling lives, especially the blind, Serve as companions for people who are shutins, in nursing homes, or hospice, find drugs, find bombs, take down violent criminals. Wow, yeah dogs are so useless. Oh and to say that dogs adoring us is a handicap you are truly a fool, that is one of their greatest values.
Which is better? thats just opinion, but to dismiss either, with superfluous 5 year old deduction is laughable. Before trying to prove how smart you are, try thinking it through first. Otherwise, you're just another bigmouth know it all who's trying to validate you're own ego instead you come off as an amateurish buffoon.
Dogs see us, Grooming them, feeding them, taking care of them and think "They must be god!"
Cats see us, Grooming them, feeding them, taking care of them and think "I must be a god!"