Are you a cat or a dog person? What do you think? Here, take any of this two quizzes or both and tell us the result in the comment:
Quiz1
Quiz2
Why is there such a division or categorization one may ask. Well, both types have some easily recognizable traits like being more confined to oneself, or very excitable with no particular reason. It's quite different from a simple assumption 'I prefer cats so I'm a cat person' or 'I prefer dogs so I'm a dog person'. It's more like 'If I were to be a cat/dog, which one would reflect my personality
better?'. Both this stereotypes are based on most common pets. So why can't someone be a turtle-person? Or a rabbit-person? Is it simply too much fuss? Dividing the population in two saying you're either a cat or dog type allows the great majority of pet owners to associate with a large community, feeling the strong connection with their beloved companion. And so the minorities like fish, birds, reptiles and other small animal owners also have their 'support groups' in which they can giggle about their cute ferrets or beautiful bettas. Animal companions have always been there for people, giving us their company or protecting us from harm. What bothers me is that we're not always there for our pets. There is much talk about irresponsible owners, and most of the shelters are overpopulated. There is a problem of overpopulation of domestic pets, and no simple solution available. We took two stray cats and domesticated them, and so have many of my friends. If you like animals it's always good to contribute. If you have one, be there for it, if you don't.. think about adopting one from the shelter? :)
So, what is your quiz result? Do you have any pets? If so, tell us your story :) and if not, why?
Comments
For me animals are very important. I always treat them with respect as if they were human. They teach us a lot about love, friendship and caregiving. I just cannot imagine the world without them.
I also encourage you to help animals’ shelters. You can make a permanent wire transfer of as little as 2-5 zlotys and I am sure you will not feel the difference during the month but for these animals it may make a big difference. I support shelter in Korabiewice. They work hard to make a nice and safe place for abandoned animals. If you like to help them, visit their website: http://schronisko.info.pl/
But dogs or cats are not my only favourite animals, i love all animals, especially wild ones. That is why i don't think i'll ever have anything besides cats. I really want to have a fox but in a city like warsaw it's forbidden. I also like owls and eagles and don't mind some types of lizards like geckos or chameleons. The list might go on and on. At the moment however, the craziest pet friend i want to have is lynx as i view them as felines.
From 1996 to 2003 I had German Shepherd called Jerry, he was extremely well trained. As a tv dog: Cywil he was surplus cub, for some time he was trained in Sułkowicem then taken by his final owner. The dog was totally awesome. I don't have any animals right now but when I'll take one I want to give it proper training.
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As for cats, I like the fact that they are independent and can have very complex character - I have two cats and at first glance one is elegant and 'dangerous' (it's good at hunting toys and stuff) and the second one is cute and a bit silly (playing with food, it's hard for her to focus sometimes etc). But when they went outside it turned out that the bossy one is staying near home, avoiding other cats and the silly one is fighting all neighbour's cats and passionately (and successfully) hunting all kinds of small animals - that was really surprising!
In the future I imagine moving into a house with garden to have necessary space for all my animals.
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or just cat or turtle or spider. When I was a kid I wanted a snake or a monkey.
They just said no.. In both tests I'm a dog person and I think it works.
Those tests are great!
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I prefer joyful pets. Unfortunately i dont own any, because I dont have enough free time to take responsibility of taking care of one. If I would, it would probably been a german shepherd.
I've never had a cat, but from observations I made visiting many cat owners, I can say they are more independent and lazy. They have a solo personalities and don't need people's company.
I do love animals and I have pets - 2 dogs and 1 cat.
The dogs are called "Ares" (he is a german shepherd) and "Minka" (she is a mongrel), and the cat is called "Fana" (she is 16 years old).
Unfortunately animals, like cats and dogs live much shorter than humans, so having such a companions does mean you will have to watch them pass away.
Having a pet is like having a baby. You have to take care of it, every day.
2 weeks ago Minka got accident as some car hit her in the side. Fortunately no bones were broken (I do have a video from the vet! :D).
My lovely 16 year old cat will die soon, because she is sick (we found out yesterday)
For me the second quiz looks like more 'legit' as I hate cats.
My parents own a dog. A silly dog - scared of water :) I like to play with cats of my friends but I can't imagine owning one.
As for cats... well they have a reset button which I think would be handy on dogs, though I don't remember where this certain nerve was
Actually as I'm writing this, i start to realize that I always liked my dogs more, but I'm still not convinced that there is such thing as cat and dog person. For me it's another thing for people to argue about. In this case the sides are cat owners vs. dog owners, but it's the same thing as bikers vs. drivers or apple fans vs. android fans.
Unfortunately I don't have neither dog nor cat. But I love animals, I think they should have more free space and that's why I don't have any in my flat. In my dreamed home would find one Bernese Mountain Dog, one Border Collie and two cats. That would be perfect place :)
I have small dog. He is called dago and his breed is schnauzer miniature. I treat he like a family member. Dago is very sociable dog. He wants to be everywhere my family and I are. He won't leave us for a second unless he eat or sleep. I haven't ever had a cat maybe it will change my opinion that my favorite pet is dog.
Dogs ok, but never at home.