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I'm an auncle to two beautiful children. I like dogs the same way I like my niece and nephew: I want to spoil them and play with them and give them back to their families at the end of the day!

I'm definitely more of a cat person, although even my current cat is a little demanding for me. She meows and meows anytime she's not out on a leash.

This is a tricky question for me. I have a dog but I resisted it and it was mainly my wife. On the surface dog totally. They are awesome. But that is if you disregard the cost and work involved. Dogs are like sportscars or trucks or suvs. More fun but more expensive. Cats are like a nice fuel efficient car. They get ya what you need and don't cost to much and if you find one you like its really great. If I am young and healthy and my financials are good enough and stable enough to pay some heavy bet bills if needed, then give me a big ole golden retriever all the way. Might even try a newfie. Getting older and heading to retirement and not sure if I will have enough to keep my wife and I housed. Well no pet given that last part but if the finances are not so dire then cat.

dog need more space than cat

Chinchillas.

Both; they're so great.

Honestly both but I'm afraid my cat might wanna kill me sometime lmfao

dogs are proletarian
cats are bourgeoisie
i don't make the rules
but i should

WHY CHOOSE BOTH ARE BEAUTIFUL IN THEIR OWN WAY !

Cat = independent

Dog = co dependent

Choose your flavor

Cats. If I wanted to clean up someone else's bodily fluids, I'd have another kid.

Cat. I never get attacked unprovoked by cat but i get sent death threat by dog merely cycling past them.

Both for me. I love my cats, but I also love the big golden labrador that my neighbour has. He's a lovely boy.

I prefer cats. Dogs are too obsessive and intrusive.

I'm catsitting at the moment. Yesterday evening I had the pleasure of cleaning a trail of blood, listening to the deathscream of a mouse, to then listen to the cracking of bones as the cat ate the whole carcass.

I too much prefer cats. But most cats I interact with are drawn to me, and cats I've owned act kinda like dogs. I've been called the cat whisperer many times. I like dogs too, but cats are kinda magical to me

Dogs, all day long. But have to be proper dogs, not little yappy-type dogs.

Got both.

4 dogs 3 cats

Had to choose? Keep both

Dogs are a world ahead in terms of emotions and interactive brain. Cats are just overlords, they own the world and you exist for them.

What not to love from both?

I’m a sucker for just about everything non-human that moves.

I will probably die trying to pet something I shouldn’t.

Dogs - cats make me sneeze

Cats.

Both. My father had dogs. I had cats. I got along with both; I just think cats are better for city life.

Dogs

Cats every day. I love dogs but specifically I love other people's dogs that I'm not responsible for

Dogs. I live by a busy road, and cats tend to die prematurely because of this.

Both. I mean I'm more of a cat person but actually I love cats and dogs equally. They both bring magic and fulfillment to your life (as do animals in general) but in different ways. If I choose one or the other, I'd choose a cat. But I can totally get why people would choose goofy, loveable, funny dogs.

I think I have an admiration for cats though. Like, to go beyond what this is asking, if I had a choice between being turned into or reincarnated as a dog or a cat, I'd choose to be a cat for sure.

My cat is like a dog. Follows me everywhere!

Cats, no matter what. Though i'm biased since dogs are viewed as dirty here, and i've never met a pet dog 🙃

Cats, very much so, for most of my life. I've enjoyed dogs, but cats have been my heart. While I was working at a shelter one of the dogs that arrived to us from a southern transport was a quiet, shy, but very sweet German Shepherd. It was love at first sight, and she never hit the adoption floor.

We were nervous to bring her home, because we didn't know how she would react to the cats. It was seamless, and now she enjoys fussing over foster kittens when I have them. She's opened my heart to dogs in a way I didn't think was possible. We're thankful for Ferda every day.

I do still categorize myself as a cat person, though.

Can confirm._

I used to be fully a cat person, but through my sister being a dog person and her having had multiple dogs over the years I've come to enjoy dogs too. At least medium-to-large sized ones. I really love playing with and playwrestling with dogs in a way you can't with a cat.

I really have a hard time (near phobia) of dealing with poop though so I don't think I'd be able to handle having either personally.

It depends on the breed.

Both are good. Cats are definitely less effort than a dog (as someone who's never owned a cat at least) as they don't need walking or training particularly, if you don't train a dog it will be a menace, cats just do their own thing. I've got a dog and wouldn't change that for anything, the love and entertainment they give and the fact you have to go outside with them and exercise is great for your mental health. If I couldn't have a dog, due to not being able to exercise them properly cuz of work etc, I'd happily have cats.

I'd also like to recommend rats as alternatives, they are super sweet pets, very clever and social critters. The only downside is they don't live very long.

None. Just food-demanding noise-mess-shit generators.