why is it ok to be a single guy with a dog, but not a cat ?
Cats stink. I haven't been to one cat-owners house that doesn't smell like cat piss.
whereas dogs.... smell good, don't drip saliva everywhere and don't shit and piss on the ground and step in their own piss? Alrighty then!
If you take care of a dog properly, they're fine. This past year has been the first year of my life I haven't lived with a dog, and I've always bathed them once a week and they've always been trained to go outside. The only problems I've had is as puppies, but they've been restricted to non-carpeted areas of the house until they're trained.
I also have taken every dog I've ever owned to obedience school. I'm not the type of person who gets a dog and then leaves it on a chain outside. The only chain my dogs have ever been on is a leash.
Cats can be trained to do things such as use the toilet as opposed to the litter box, but how many people do this?
whereas dogs.... smell good, don't drip saliva everywhere and don't shit and piss on the ground and step in their own piss? Alrighty then!
I've never owned a pet, but as someone who regularly visits people who do... I hate how dogs run up to me, lick my clothes, and generally just get up in my shit.
The only well behaved dogs I've ever met belongs to handicapped people or worked for the police. Maybe it's just bad luck or something
At least most cats I've seen will leave a guest alone
@Fajita_Jim: How does a litter box on the balcony or the porch make the house smell of cat piss? and how is dog shit on the sidewalk better than cat shit buried in soil/sand ?
The way i see it, at the end of the day my cat smells good (as in, doesn't smell at all), has a dry body and a dry face, and doesn't dirty up any place. Whereas my dog has shit on the sidewalk and covers my face and hands with saliva, as well as my floor.
Whatever animal it is, if it's what you like then it's your choice. No one is going to live your life and in your place than you so stop being insecure and stop worrying what other people will say and just do what YOU like.
@Fajita_Jim: My cat doesn't use a litter tray, he just goes outside. So my house doesn't smell of cat piss. I find peoples houses who own dogs tend to smell.
why is it ok to be a single guy with a dog, but not a cat ?
cause you can use a dog to pick up girls. Cats sit in your apartment and make it smell like shit. My roommate (female) has a cat and while he is fun to play with time to time her room smells like shit cause of the cat and she has only been in our apartment for 2 weeks now.
@Ahmad_Metallic: Well, ,it sounds like your dog needs training buddy. My dog is a golden lab and is pretty well behaved. Sure he drools now and then, but it's not really that bad. He does need lots of attention though and that's can get annoying, but for the most part he's a good dog. Much better than my sister's cat which kinda was an ass.
I say you buy a tiger and then train it to murder your friends. As they're bleeding to death on your floor you should ask them, "Is it a bit weird to get FUCKING MURDERED BY A CAT?"
What the hell? Why would you listen to your friends? What are they, afraid of the slightest amount of testosterone escaping you? Cat's kick ass, get on. Hell, get 3!
whereas dogs.... smell good, don't drip saliva everywhere and don't shit and piss on the ground and step in their own piss? Alrighty then!
I've never owned a pet, but as someone who regularly visits people who do... I hate how dogs run up to me, lick my clothes, and generally just get up in my shit.
The only well behaved dogs I've ever met belongs to handicapped people or worked for the police. Maybe it's just bad luck or something
At least most cats I've seen will leave a guest alone
That's all I can really say about the matter
Then these are people who have never taken their dog to obedience school. Honestly, I detest people who own a dog and don't properly train them, or keep them on a leash outside.
@Fajita_Jim: How does a litter box on the balcony or the porch make the house smell of cat piss? and how is dog shit on the sidewalk better than cat shit buried in soil/sand ? The way i see it, at the end of the day my cat smells good (as in, doesn't smell at all), has a dry body and a dry face, and doesn't dirty up any place. Whereas my dog has shit on the sidewalk and covers my face and hands with saliva, as well as my floor.
Be honest, how many cat-owners DON'T have the litter-box somewhere in the house? Honestly, most of them do. Perhaps you don't, but you can't deny that it's the norm.
Again, people should train their dogs properly. Most don't. And also, in most places it's the law that you pick up after your dog. I most certainly do.
The way you phrase your situation makes me think you're of an age where you aren't living at home with your parents. What's weird is that you worry about what your friends will think if you get a cat. Cats are great pets. Get a cat if you want one and can take care of it.
Maybe they think you are attracted to hairy things. /jk
It's quite common for single people who are independent to own a cat. For a lot of people it's loneliness, that's why it's become an extremely common stereotype. But not everyone has a cat because they are lonely and I think you should do whatever you want, there is nothing unethical about you being a man and owning a cat.
No, my buddy had a cat for a few years, it was always killing something around his house. Thing went toe to toe with a coon one time and we had to split them up. Sadly it went out one day and never came back.
@Fajita_Jim: How does a litter box on the balcony or the porch make the house smell of cat piss? and how is dog shit on the sidewalk better than cat shit buried in soil/sand ? The way i see it, at the end of the day my cat smells good (as in, doesn't smell at all), has a dry body and a dry face, and doesn't dirty up any place. Whereas my dog has shit on the sidewalk and covers my face and hands with saliva, as well as my floor.
Be honest, how many cat-owners DON'T have the litter-box somewhere in the house? Honestly, most of them do. Perhaps you don't, but you can't deny that it's the norm. Again, people should train their dogs properly. Most don't. And also, in most places it's the law that you pick up after your dog. I most certainly do.
I don't have a litter box in my house, nor do any of my friends or family who own cats. I'm not saying everybody does this and yes, I expect more cat owners do have one in the house than not, but I'm pretty sure a good amount don't have them inside as well.
2. If you like owning anything nice, forget about it. they scratch up everything, puke on everything, spit up on everything, piss on everything. Many times, I washed the sheets and put on the clean ones just to have one of the cats spit up on them within the hour. I don't know why the cats like spitting up on the freshly washed sheets, but they do. I used to have a rare ouija board made in the 1800's but I had to sell it because they were destroying it. Oh, and did I say your place will stink.
Scratch-posts and training them not to destroy furniture. Throwing up could be because of food, like mine, who throws up when given certain foods, although it can't always be helped...people throw up too you know! ;) Brushing them will help prevent them spitting up, so when they are cleaning themselves, they're not swallowing dead fur. Litter-boxes and again, training them not to piss outside of it.
Sounds to me like there are a few solutions to your problems and your house only stinks if you have litter boxes in the house, which understandably a lot of people can't help. But you shouldn't generalise all cats just because of the bad experience you seemed to have had with them. :) (How hippy sounding was that?! O_o)
@Fajita_Jim: How does a litter box on the balcony or the porch make the house smell of cat piss? and how is dog shit on the sidewalk better than cat shit buried in soil/sand ? The way i see it, at the end of the day my cat smells good (as in, doesn't smell at all), has a dry body and a dry face, and doesn't dirty up any place. Whereas my dog has shit on the sidewalk and covers my face and hands with saliva, as well as my floor.
Be honest, how many cat-owners DON'T have the litter-box somewhere in the house? Honestly, most of them do. Perhaps you don't, but you can't deny that it's the norm.
I guess you're right
@supermike6 said:
Of course it is. What are you, crazy? The only reason a single man would want a cat is so that they can have sex with it. Fact.
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