Over at Liberty Daily, we find this amusing link: Let’s Lighten the Mood This Weekend! Are Cats Smarter Than Dogs?
Easy-peasy lemon-squeezy. Having had both cats AND dogs my entire life, I feel I can speak with some authority on this, umm, pressing issue. And the answer is: cats are inarguably, indubitably smarter.
What would make you think so, you ask? Why, merely this: Any and every time I ever had both a cat and a dog at the same time, which has been fairly frequently, I always had to find some way to block off the cat litter box so’s the dog couldn’t get at it; you see, dogs will eat cat shit as if it were filet mignon*. Seeing as how I never once ran across a cat that showed the slightest interest in chowing down on doggie-doo, y’know, that pretty much settles the matter as far as I’m concerned. YMMV, of course and as usual.
*Saves on the hassle and back pain of scooping out the cat box, sure. Then again, it’s another reason why I have NEVER allowed any dog of mine to lick me all over my face the way some dog-owners seem to delight in.
Ha, Saw it but didn’t read it…
There may be reasons why dogs are prone to eating poop, they may be the smart ones 🙂 My beagle agree’s and beagles will eat ANYTHING.
Did you know that rabbits poop a special poop called cecotropes, but only at night, and they eat those almost as fast as they poop them? I have no idea why I know this 🙂
Well, maybe I do. I recall the first time I visited my Swiss agent’s home. He had a pet rabbit. And that rabbit would hop to the sliding glass door and stand there to be let out. Absolutely true, the darn rabbit acted just like a dog except it didn’t bark. I recall it was mentioned they didn’t need to let the rabbit out at night 🙂
Damn, that was a long time ago. Something like 40 years.
So dogs like to eat Tootsie rolls, eh?