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A previous neighbour had an Afghan who had a tendency to wander off. So he fitted a gate on the path. The dog was big enough to walk over it without problems but it was just a gate - no fence either side, he could have walked round it at any time.
He told me the dog was too thick to think of either - and he was right, Rufus just couldn't get out unless somebody opened the gate. 
Cats? I'm pretty sure they have invented teleporters ...
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I had a similar experience with one of my dogs, not even trying to open an unlocked gate. Cats are way smarter.
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Cats in general, and some dogs.
I'd like to have a nice cat robot that behaves like a real cat; pretty much ignores me except when time for feeding/charging.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Cats, but, not by a large margin. Have one cat now. Had a border collie while I was growing up, but, neither my wife nor I can be home during the day, so a puppy is right out.
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Dogs rule!
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I've been owned by cats in the past but I'm looking forward to getting a dog when I retire, possibly with added cat or cats for additional stress.
I'm not sure how that counts in the voting.
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previous cat owner, sadly move overseas forced it to be adopted away.
prefer cats, way less work,
getting to be a nuisance then chuck em outside (close the door/window they climb in through)
always give cats a way to go outside (it's unnatural not to do so) - bonus: they walk themselves
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Currently, 2 cats and 2 dogs (beagles)
The dogs greet me at the door every night when I come home from work. The cats, well they could care less.
The female cat, has no vertical. She basically sleeps and eats, no problems there. However, the male cat, climbs as high as he can get, and one of his favorite pass times is to take everything that is on top of my desk; pens, pencils, letters, paperclips, keyboard, mouse and throw it on the floor. Another hobby of his is to chew through phone charging chords. Can't tell you how many of those I have replaced. 
Given the choice between the two, definitely count me in as a dog person. 
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Cats (and their owners) - definitely the preferred lot.
Unlike dogs, cats don't get brought down the street pissing on everything that's vertical.
Cats won't hump you leg, either, or stick their snout up a woman's dress to sniff . . .
Or lick your hands and face after they licked themselves and "whatnot"
I can't imagine it's even a contest !
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I've had both dogs and cats and I prefer dogs. No reason at all, I just have more feeling with them. I understand them easily and they understand me easily.
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Always had dogs. At one time, I had a pig, but we got divorced and she lives in Oklahoma now, and is actively preventing refreshes of satellite images of most of the eastern half of the state...
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I had a dog (Collie) when I was a kid. Have had cats since I was 20. Currently have 2 cats.
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I have a dog. A lab. I've had cats.
Cats are low maintenance as they don't need to go running all the time but cats have to have that cat box and the litter strewn everywhere. They'll bite you and take your spot on the sofa.
My dog will occupy my sofa spot but all I have to say is MOVE and point here to a new spot and she does gladly. A cat will heckin bite you for daring to want to move them.
And they can go everywhere and destroy everything.
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2 dogs, 4 cats.
I prefer neither.
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I don't own either, but neither of my neighbours own yappy little cats who constantly bark and howl at absolutely sod all for no reason, so my vote would be for "not dogs". 
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All animals should stay outside where they belong.
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We have 2 cats, a dog and 2 children. Prefer the cats and kids as they are more independent now so when we go away for weekends they just need feeding and the rest they can sort out for themselves. Dogs are people creatures and a lot more dependent
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2 cats (total of 5 lifetime)
2 dogs (total of 3 lifetime, actually if you get right down to it I've only had 2 dogs. My current dog has a dog which makes 3. We got my dog a dog so he wouldn't be so anxious. Hasn't quite worked out that way but he is some better.)
Only one out of all of them I prefer would be the very first cat. Sampson took on a dog that was going after my wife and infant daughter when the wife went to the mailbox one day. He was a Maine Coon and live a very long time.
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Serial cat owner, here.
I've had dogs, because of the distaff side, but I don't like them.
If you mistreat a cat, it'll draw blood, then bugger off and live somewhere else (and, if you're lucky, they won't leave a "screw you!" farewell gift on your bed) -- you have to earn their loyalty.
Mistreat a dog, and it'll keep coming back for more; so they're great toys for psychos, and good for people who don't know how to treat animals, but I don't want pets like that. They have to stay because they want to, not because they're too stupid to leave.
Oh, and rats. We had two pet ones. They are fantastic pets!
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I have owned both cats and dogs sometimes at the same time. I do not currently have either. Both have their good and bad points; I don't have a preference.
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I had both cats and dogs, a while ago.
I liked dogs just a bit more than cats.
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I grew up with a boxer, we had an irish setter when I had a young family, nearly as dumb as afghans. Later we had a couple of mongrels who grew up with my kids.
Oh and we had cats, rats, guinea pigs, budgies but never fish.
Grand daughter has a pet snake we look after sometimes.
I prefer dogs and we get a new black labrador next month.
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Cats don't like me! Or rather, they tolerate me for between half a minute and a whole minute. Then they simply go away, leaving me alone and sad.
But boy, are they beautiful. Especially the big cats - lions, jaguars, panthers, lynx, cheetas, ... Especially the way they move. Maybe, for my own safety, it is a good thing that cats shy away from me.
I communicate without problems with any dog. I am not afraid of meeting a wolf out in the forest - they are genetically identical to our domestic dogs; I used to refer to our dogs as our "domestic wolves".
They can be extremely clever: My decision to buy our first dog was made after I got in contact witn a search dog in operation, at a civil defense training course (it was certainly not a spontaneous decision, but more like the final straw). Dogs can be beautiful in what they do (and the pride and cleverness with which they do it), as opposed to what they are.
Yet... How can you be so clever at doing your job, and still so completely dumb socially? The old saying that a dog will never bite the hand that feeds him is simply too true. You can growl even large dogs into sumbission. Or grab them by their neck and shake them, just like their mother did when they were puppies. In more friendly ways, you can scratch almost any dog so he rolls over on his back, show you his throat, unprotected. Kids can ride him like a horse. (Well, be a little careful here ... they don't have as strong backs as horses - but they won't complain.)
I am aware that dogs/wolves within a pack has a very sophisticated social structure and language. (I would certainly recommend Jean Craighead George: Julie of the Wolves, and its sequel, Julie, for those who like children's books. If you prefer more popular science for adults: Elizabeth Marshall Thomas: The hidden life of dogs. All are great, and easy to grasp, books to understand the language of dogs.)
So what should I do when I can easily get myself an obedient, clever slave that will love me whatever I do, but which I still cannot truly respect, and certainly not "adore"? Those that I most definitely love and adore and fully respect could never be a household pet. At least not in this country.
I just picked up a 2-part BBC Earth TV series about Wild Cats. I guess the solution is to watch the animals I adore on the screen while I scratch behind the ear the dog that adores me. And after all ... I love him, too. Even though he is dumb.
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