by pwill

Created on: September 15, 2009   Last Updated: September 16, 2009

Cats whine. Dogs lick. Dogs bark. Cats will growl. Cats want affection when they want the affection. Dogs want affection, all of the time. When you walk out of the house and all of a sudden your hand has been slathered with warm saliva. Puh-lease, no licky licky! You were on your way to work, but now have to go back inside and wash your hands, again. This was his way of literally showering you with his love. He's waited hours for your presence and wants to taste you!

Dogs will give you their stuffed toys and maybe if they love you enough, their ball. Cats will wait for their treat at the same time every evening. They will wake you up very tenderly with a delicate paw upon your chin that says, I'm hungry and been up all night long, when's the feed bag coming? They happen to have a voracious appetite and will also tell you when they need fresh water. A good natured cat will purr while getting a shot from the vet and swallow you up with the love that is in his eyes. He will gladly go back to your arms, knowing it is the safest place at the Vets office. They will trust you and look at you with adoration.

Cats can also give you dirty looks full of bewilderment when you scold them, dogs will give you their hang dog look that says, please just forgive me, I'll do anything for you; just give the nod and I'll be right there to lick your hand.

Both cats and dogs are very territorial and will respond differently when the stranger comes into the yard. If it is another dog, the house dog will usually yap, bark or growl. The cat will run and hide. If it is a cat that comes into the yard, the house cat will meow with sort of a growl intermingled with it, giving off warnings. The dog will yap or bark. Most of the time dogs do not consider a strange cat warranting a growl. If a strange person comes into the yard, the dog will yap, bark and maybe growl; this depends upon what scent they are picking up from the stranger. Most cats will run and hide.

In the life of both cats and dogs, they identify everything from their sense of smell or olfactory process. Dogs smell 1000 times more than we do. In fact, they have 220 million olfactory receptors in their noses and we only have a mere 5 million. They smell things we cannot even begin to imagine, for example; one dog I know of can smell cancer! This is why we see dogs tracking after criminals, tracking for cadavers, lost children or drugs at the terminals. The old smeller is definitely where it is at! They know you by your special

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