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LostInAnomie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 03:47 PM
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Poll question: Dogs or cats?
or
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 03:49 PM
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1. My kitty Daisy says I must say cats.
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Prisoner_Number_Six Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 03:50 PM
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2. Yes.
:headbang:
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elana i am Donating Member (626 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 06:17 PM
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3. omg that cat!
Edited on Fri Feb-19-10 06:25 PM by elana i am
i *heart* sphynxes, but i've never seen one that actually has some fur! usually they have some peach fuzz all over but never any actual fur in on specific place. how bizarre!

eta: did some research. he's not a sphynx, but he has some kind of genetic mutation. his name is "ugly bat boy".
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azmouse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 06:28 PM
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4. This mouse votes for cats.
I just like 'em!


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Mike 03 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 06:35 PM
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5. Guilt is the reason I will never have another cat.
I do have a cat, and have had dogs for about ten years, and it is very difficult because when I was a kid, we let our cats go outside, but I have been lectured that it is dangerous to let a cat outside, and I just see how my cat is so bored, so unstimulated. He has gained a ton of weight. His only joys are affection, sleeping and eating.

Dogs, on the other hand, can go jogging with me, walking, I can take him to the dog park.

This is NOT a judgment on the animal. I love both species equally. But I just don't think cats are happy, at least the ones I know are not. They want to the things dogs do: explore the world, sniff and touch and eat new things.

It is really just that I can make dogs happy and provide them with what they need to be happy, but I have not done so well with my cat. Nothing at all against cats--my cat is the first non-rodent pet I adopted, and I love him, but I just know he is not happy.

Great topic.
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MrsMatt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 08:43 AM
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16. You can leash train cats
It's not easy, but it can be done. I've known people who take their cats for walks - it looks pretty funny!
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 10:39 AM
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18. my sister takes her cat for walks
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Demoiselle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:27 AM
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20. Little lazer pointers, "cat dancers," windup mice and so on and on...
There are lots of cat toys that could get your cat running around.
I have one outdoor cat left (a feral that I can't convince to come inside.) I feed her, she has a warm shelter. And she's very very chubby.

There are worse things than a life devoted to affection, sleeping and eating.
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woo me with science Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 06:47 PM
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6. LOL. Quite an unbiased poll you have here. nt
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The Velveteen Ocelot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 08:59 PM
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7. Cats or dogs?


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Arugula Latte Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 09:06 PM
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8. Ha ha -- The answer is clear. Cats!
:woohoo:
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david13 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 10:48 PM
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9. .
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 10:53 PM
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10. Cats
and Animal is not happy you would even ask

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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 10:56 PM
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11. Nobody mess with Adam We or Animal:


I love that quote.
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 11:02 PM
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12. heh, I forgot that was even there
I had just seen that episode when I was filling out my profile but I keep them turned off so I forgot it was there. I do love it though :D
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elshiva Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 11:04 PM
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13. Adam West is awesome on that show.
I loved when he got married...

:loveya:
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tango-tee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 09:59 AM
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17. Eyes are misting over....
....looks just like my Mephistine, who died five years ago at age 16. I love black cats. Actually, I love all cats. And dogs. And....
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 10:46 AM
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19. I understand
Animal past away last Aug, I miss her so much, I just cannot let her be forgotten.
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tango-tee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:30 AM
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21. Ohio Joe, I know just how you feel.
They become a part of us, of our everyday life. I had another black cat alongside Mephistine, her name was Layla. She was still quite young when she died of a tumor, right in my arms. I sobbed like a child, then took her little body to my parents' yard, dug a big hole and buried her in her favorite blanket. Each time you have to say good-bye breaks your heart.

Have you brought a new cat into your life? If so, send pic!!!
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Ohio Joe Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 12:33 PM
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25. No, not yet
I am almost ready and when I am I will be posting lots of pics!
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tango-tee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 01:39 PM
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27. Looking forward to them, and meanwhile....
:hug:
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-19-10 11:56 PM
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14. look at my screen name then take a guess
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 08:34 AM
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15. I want a buddy & a friend, not a master or a god.


Zelda (rip)



Orchid
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davsand Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:39 AM
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22. NICE choice of pictures there!
Edited on Sat Feb-20-10 11:54 AM by davsand
Can't tell which way you lean on the issue...

:eyes:


How about if you used these pictures instead:

Cute kitten picture

-V-

snarling dog picture




On edit, I can't get those %$#* images to load! This is pissing me off!

Third or fourth edit. Still can't get the pictures to load. Fuck it. I'm posting a descriptiion of th pics...
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UTUSN Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 12:40 PM
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26. As one who voted dogs, I was not influened by the pics AT ALL!1 HaHAH!1


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Gormy Cuss Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 12:00 PM
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23. Depends. Grilled or fried?
:hide:
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bigwillq Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 12:17 PM
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24. Dogs (nt)
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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 05:36 PM
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28. .
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pink-o Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 08:04 PM
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29. Here's the bottom line: you got time, you like the outdoors, get a dog.
DONT have a dog if you can't treat him right. I've seen so many family just shut their pups up and go about their business. Dogs do so much for us; what they love almost as much as spending time with us is going out for walks. They love to smell the world around them, it's like chocolate or sex for them. Give 'em what they want, or adopt a cat.

BTW, I love them both. My Irish Setter (crazy, but I loved her) my Golden Retriever, my Calico kitty and now my Bombay mix kitty have enriched my life!

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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 08:26 PM
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30. I am happy to say that I am a person devoted to all things feline.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 08:31 PM
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31. Fivel Goes West
Edited on Sat Feb-20-10 08:50 PM by Xipe Totec
I just want a cat that is more like a dawg.
- Miss Kitty

(at about 5:30 on this clip)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2AIhDuZ71k

And finally, Tigger becomes more like a dawg:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSA4RBxcGRA
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undeterred Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 08:38 PM
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32. The choice of pictures obscures the fact that beagles are evil.
:hi:
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Vidar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 10:45 PM
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33. Dogs for me.
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liberaltrucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:09 PM
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34. An ugly kitty over a cute doggie anytime
Cats fucking RULE!

:)
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Renew Deal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-20-10 11:53 PM
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35. This is a push poll!
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TicketyBoo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-21-10 01:41 AM
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36. How do you s'pose I voted?
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