Cats have known how the World Operates for Thousands of Years...
Cats have known how the World Operates for Thousands of Years...
"Preditor/Prey"...and how the Hunter survey's the Landscape as to the best strategy. The cat knows they are mostly a "lone Predator" to feed their young to populate going forward
Dogs...on the other hand are "Team Players." They LOVE the PACK TEAM...and if isolated they will go with their Owners...who is the TEAM LEADER. Once they escape they do their strategy with the TOP DOG who they follow.
I'll pick a CAT for individual Strategy over a Dog....ANY DAY!
Dogs have the advantage of the "BARK" which tends to ward off intruders, though. So fearful folks are inclined to pick the "BIG BARK" whereas CATS don't get into that kind of thing. (Except Siamese who are known for their YOWL which can put the fear of Spirits into one).
So...I won't ever be protected by my CAT....the Lone Hunter who uses strategy for it's own preservation...but, to have a DOG with a LOUD/Threatening Bark...allows many to be safe and just don't let them out of the Leash where they become WOLVES!
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You can tell that I'm a Cat Lover...and that I am vulnerable because while there are Cats who save their "Owners".....the BARK OF THE DOG...defrays ATTACKS...more than the low voiced "MEOW" of the cat and even their claws and hissing.
I love the Cat Community even though I realize they just aren't working for us the way the Dogs Do....
Just saying from my years of observation...Loving both Dogs and Cats....but it's more convenient for our lifestyle to have cats. Siamese are particularly useful in what I've said above being more Doglike than the ordinary cats that most of us dwell with.