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Showing posts with label cats and dogs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label cats and dogs. Show all posts
Cats and Dogs
Cats and Dogs by Warner Bros was an interesting movie, touching up on the “extremes” of the age-long “war” between cats and dogs.
Released in 2001, the movie did well in conveying the long-strained relationships between the world’s most popular domestic pets, and also did well in revealing that though they’ve been at wits ends with each other’s company, cats and dogs can still get along.
The Introduction – As with the introduction of persons, this aspect is important with cats and dogs. Familiarity plays an important role, and gradually getting each used to each other is important.
There are really no fixed times or estimations pertaining to when cats and dogs have spent sufficient time getting familiar with each other, but it pays to be on guard over how they would react.
You can “rig” separate enclosures for each cat and dog, with either one of them still free to go about, but not necessarily encounter each other without any safeguards. From putting up door meshes, or allocating room space, supervised meet ups are also essential, until the two have become fairly accustomed with each other.
The key is not to outright put them in one room together. That’s just a recipe for disaster.
The Thing about Scents – given the keen sense of smell in cats and dogs, you can use scents as a means for getting them familiar with each other. One popular method is in rubbing a towel over a dog, then placing that near a cat, in there separate “rooms”, with the same activity done on the cat.
In certain cases, placing a “scented towel” near a cat and/or dog’s designated dish-bowl area associates their respective scents further.
Meetings in Installments – once a cat and dog are not liable to act up in each other’s company, after getting them familiar with each other and each other’s scents, you can then initiate supervised meet ups, with you taking note over how a cat and a dog would react.
These meet ups could run for a few minutes to a couple of hours, and should be done in installments until a time when a cat and dog don’t violently react to each other’s presence, until such a time when both cat and dog are tuned and familiar with each other.
Do well in giving these steps a go, and you won’t have to imagine your cat and dog waging a secret spy game under your nose.
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Call it the result of natural selection, or term it as a by-product of genetic conditioning, cats and dogs just can’t stand each other, and has even left two types of pet owners trying to win one over the other: cat-lovers and dog-lovers.
Pointing out the natural traits of their preferred pets, cat-lovers and dog-lovers have long debated over which is better; cats or dogs?
Here are some well known points, some cat and dog pros and cons.
Cats – Cleanliness is perhaps the most well known attribute of cats, keen on keeping their coats clean and tidy. Even strays are known to have a measured sense of cleanliness. This attribute extends to a cat’s toilet-sense, instinctively going for litterboxes when they have to do their business. They are also “low maintenance”, in the sense that cat-owners don’t necessarily have to pay constant attention to them. In terms of food consumption, their intake is generally lesser compared to dogs, and in terms of “chores”, they are great mousers, keeping vermin and certain pests out of the house.
However, cats are nearly impossible to train, unlike dogs. They aren’t as affectionate as dogs too, operating on an “if I don’t feel like it, then I won’t do it” mentality. They are also great climbers, and, at times they tend to get into tight spots because of it.
Dogs – Dogs are loyal pets, always out to please masters regardless if the master in question is a criminal or a priest. They are highly trainable and intelligent, and with enhanced senses, they’re great aids for people with disabilities. They are known for their instincts, and are highly wary with unwanted strangers. They are also known to be of great help in certain industries.
But as intelligent and trainable dogs are, dog owners have to regularly give them baths. Toilet training dogs is possible, but most dogs don’t really know how to use a litterbox when they see one. Also, studies have shown that regular interaction between masters and dogs is crucial, since chaining them or putting them in kennels for extended durations leads them to become rabid. In terms of food consumption, they eat bigger portions compared to cats.
Both cats and dogs are prone to medical conditions, and as such, most cat-dog debates veer away from that topic.
So what do you say? Are dogs better, or should you just go for cats?
Post your comments and speak your mind. Let’s see which of the two is better to have at home.
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