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[bloodydrake]

Talk to it nicer.

My dog (Puggle) is a runner. If the gate is open, he will fucking sprint out of the house. I've given pursuit, calling him, offering him treats, and gotten within arms reach before, only to have him stop, look, and run.

My wife goes after him, says his name, he stops, comes to her immediately.

I guess my dog just thinks I sound like an asshole. Either that or it's because I don't talk to it like it's a cute baby or something.

Your wife is the pack alpha, your dog sees you as just another pack member not a leader..thats the probelm

 

[Boss Doggie]

what about the cat who was adopted by a husky and now acts like one

 

[Cindi Mayweather]

A: the only assholeish thing is the childish "preference = better" thing going on (albeit in some cases humourously. Obviously they're equally good pets depending on your preference which is my point. Having a preference is fine, saying your preference is better isn't.

B: did you just seriously consider the element about your pets eating you as criteria? You realize I was just being humourously? Actually I guess you didn't.

Anyway short version: people really do need to stop trying to argue preferences equate to better. There's no criteria to state which is better and of course it's a variant answer.

As a joke it's fine but it does wear thin in anything other than small doses.

Honestly, I was serious. "Cats eat you when you're dead! They don't love you!" Is a very popular dog lovers say. They say it seriously too.

Okay, preferences are cool. I don't think arguing something is better is inherently immature though. We're just talking.

 

[PSqueak]

We don't understand meowing even. Cats meow at humans but they stop meowing to cats after they get older. Weird huh

I think i read once that meowing was literally an evolutionary trait the cats developed to inspire sympathy on humans, hence meowing sounding kinda similar to a baby's cry.

 

[Rest]

Honestly, I was serious. "Cats eat you when you're dead! They don't love you!" Is a very popular dog lovers say. They say it seriously too.

Okay, preferences are cool. I don't think arguing something is better is inherently immature though. We're just talking.

I had a great uncle whose dogs ate sections of his body after he died. Carnivores eat meat, if you cease being a person and persist being meat they will eat you.