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Anonymous
If anything else, cats don't get in your hair as much as dogs. I don't have to constantly worry about my cat going around chewing cushions or ripping up carpets. Heck, when a cat goes around scratching furniture despite proper care, you KNOW the cat's being vindictive. Dogs pee and shit everywhere. Cats shit in a box, and they prefer that the box is clean. Dogs will roll around in whatever and then come back in with matted fur. Cats fastidiously clean their fur.
Cats are a lot more careful around the house. It's a rare cat that sweeps off the contents of a table, or scatters its food and knocks its water bowl every feeding, while all these things are actually the norm for dogs and they have to be trained out of it.
As far as obedience goes, my cat comes when he is called, gets off the furniture when he is told to, doesn't bite or scratch people. Even if I had a dog, I doubt I'd be teaching it to fetch redundant items. He doesn't run away even when the door is left open. He also eats whatever medication I give him as well. Cats are just as trainable as dogs, you just have to train them in a different way.
I don't have to worry about some moron barking its head off every time a siren or the fuckin school bell rings. The worst my cat will ever do is probably sit in front of the door and meow to be let in or out, and that's only a matter of time until he can jump as high as the door handle.
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