How smart is your dog/cat?

[randy41]

I'm Randy's cat Knuckles. I'm so smart that I'm posting here while Randy is out working his tail off on his stupid tractor.

 

[k0ua]

I'm Randy's cat Knuckles. I'm so smart that I'm posting here while Randy is out working his tail off on his stupid tractor.

Winner! Winner! chicken dinner!.

without a doubt, Randy's cat is the smartest:thumbsup:

 

[orezok]

Hi, Tess here, the OP's Golden. Knuckles is a reckless coder and I just hacked Randy's computer. Randy, if you ever forget your SS# or bank account numbers, text me and I will give them to you! :cool2:

 

[buickanddeere]

We have three cats that live in the house and hunt nothing but the food dish, the two outside cats are a mom and kitten that took up here this winter, moved under a building and I woldnt allow them to starve. I'm evil like that. Blackbirds land in a group of 12-15 at the time and raid their food, so far mom has ignored the birds and baby just watches. Well fed cats are little danger to bird populations.
Tree huggers however, protecting snail darters, are responsible for job losses, and energy dependence.

You really don't know do you. Contrary to popular belief. A well fed cat will still hunt, nests and young birds are at highest risk. A well fed dog will still run deer. Hunters take a very low % of the small animal population compared to domestic pets.
I'm not going to believe the stats presented by cat lovers. Massive Conservation Coalition Calls on Interior Dept. to Stop Wildlife Deaths from Feral Cats

 

[Looking4new]

You really don't know do you. Contrary to popular belief. A well fed cat will still hunt, nests and young birds are at highest risk. A well fed dog will still run deer. Hunters take a very low % of the small animal population compared to domestic pets.
I'm not going to believe the stats presented by cat lovers. Massive Conservation Coalition Calls on Interior Dept. to Stop Wildlife Deaths from Feral Cats

I am not going to spout statistics. Nor am I going to post links to statistics.

I am only going to say this ONE more time. My cats, all nine of them are well fed, well cared for, fixed (if any of you don't know what 'fixed' means, it means that they can't have babies) and they are free to leave at any time. They are NOT in jail.

 

[toppop52]

You really don't know do you. Contrary to popular belief. A well fed cat will still hunt, nests and young birds are at highest risk. A well fed dog will still run deer. Hunters take a very low % of the small animal population compared to domestic pets.
I'm not going to believe the stats presented by cat lovers. Massive Conservation Coalition Calls on Interior Dept. to Stop Wildlife Deaths from Feral Cats

I really do know cats, I know them very well, and yes, some well fed cats will occasionally kill a bird, mom had one that would, but I know of a couple dozen others that don't. Some will dig out a mole, for which I thank them, I have a picture of one of my cats with a chipmunk, which he turned loose unharmed, another that use to play with squirrels in the backyard. One of us doesn't know cats, hint, it's you! Feral cats that are unfed, untreated, not neutered, are a big problem, mostly caused by poor owners. Well taken care of domestic cats have zero effect on balance of the environment. They're not as big a problem than the over population coyotes are. I refuse to believe trumped up tree hugger stats.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I really do know cats, I know them very well, and yes, some well fed cats will occasionally kill a bird, mom had one that would, but I know of a couple dozen others that don't. Some will dig out a mole, for which I thank them, I have a picture of one of my cats with a chipmunk, which he turned loose unharmed, another that use to play with squirrels in the backyard. One of us doesn't know cats, hint, it's you! Feral cats that are unfed, untreated, not neutered, are a big problem, mostly caused by poor owners. Well taken care of domestic cats have zero effect on balance of the environment. They're not as big a problem than the over population coyotes are. I refuse to believe trumped up tree hugger stats.

I personally do not like cats, and I think they know it. They are all prickly and stickly and scratchy and bitey, especially for little kids. I think feral cats should be shot, and have dispatched many of them back in my quail hunting days. We have several around here, and it's disheartening to watch a bluebird nest all spring and then see them disappear in a cloud of blue feathers beneath the nest. On the other hand...

They do tend to keep some of the rodents down, like gophers and moles and such. As an aside note; I recall reading an article that the Bubonic plagues of Medieval times could be attributed to a great extent to the absence of cats. The story goes that cats at that time became regarded as evil, and were commonly killed, so the rat population grew without restraint...the result that nearly half of the population of Europe died from the plague...good story any way.

 

[Travelover]

Kinda sad that a light hearted thread about the intelligence of our pets has to degrade so quickly into an ugly divide. Just sayin'.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

Everybody bow their heads and repeat after me: "Oh hebbin".

 

[Looking4new]

Sad indeed, maybe if the 'tree huggers' hadn't gotten involved then maybe we could have had a fun thread.