Cats, and them being disliked.
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[QUOTE="Nuck81"]I haven't seen any links from you. You continue to ignore the fact that there are 8 million more cat owners than Dog Owners in the United States. And more Cat owners worldwide. Everything you have said about cats can be said about Dogs. Dogs lick you for attention not because they acknowledge you as anything significant. Dogs Wag their tails as a response to stimuli of you petting them. Not because they like it. Dogs look up to you simply because they respond to your status as pack leader and their submissive postition. Not because they love you. Dogs appear to be loyal simply because they know they are in your pack. It's unrealistic and irresponsible to present Dogs as loving animals. Way too many people get cute playful dependent puppies thinking they've found a companion, then those dogs get tossed aside as soon as they grow up and become too big, too aggressive and destructive. The "dog as a friend" idea is not something that should be propagated because for every dog that exhibits that level of dependence there are a bunch more that mostly just sit around the house eating garbage and chewing shoes. People need to realize this before getting dogs because those kinds of unrealistic expectations about pet ownership are the kinds of things that lead to neglected and dead pets.MrGeezerActually, what I said applies to ANY pet. You're absolutely f***ing right that plenty of dogs get abused and neglected and abandoned, this applies to ANY pet. Ask me if tarantulas are good pets, I'll tell you no. Ask me if fish make good pets, I'll tell you no. Ask me if iguanas and monitor lizards make good pets, I'll tell you no. Ask me if rats and hamsters make good pets, I'll tell you no. If someone takes the time to research the proper care and treatment of these animals, and knows what they are in for and is willing to make the necessary sacrifices and do the required work, then my advocation of "don't get the pet" won't matter to them. Until then...don't get the pet, and this applies to ANY animal including dogs, cats, fish, lizards, snakes, rats, or whatever else you can think of. Pet ownership is a huge commitment and it is a ton of work, and animals get f***ed over all the time because someone "just wants a cat/dog/snake/lizard". This should not be f***ing trivialized, it is a big freaking problem. And again, this doesn't just concern the safety and wellbeing of the pets, it has to deal with the safety and well being of the owners and of other people and animals. This isn't just about the health of the pets, it's also an environmental and public safety issue. People are irresponsible as hell when it comes to animals, and this ABSOLUTELY applies to dogs, cats, or just about any other "pet" you can think of.
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