29 Jun 7 Reasons That Cats Are Way Superior to Dogs

I don’t think there’s any greater example of mankind’s superiority at the top of the food chain than the fact that we allow other animals into our homes for some mild entertainment and companionship. Sure, there are instances of cross-species relationships across the animal kingdom, but humans are the only species that are doing it purely for the fun. It’s kind of weird in a way.

When it comes to allowing animals to poop in our houses, there are two species that are more popular than any other: dogs and cats. Most people prefer dogs, but most people also think that the plural of “Oreo” is “Oreos”. In both instances, they’re wrong; the plural of “Oreo” is, in fact, “Oreo”, and cats are objectively better than dogs when it comes to being domesticated pets. Before you break down my door with torches and pitchforks, I’d invite you to hear me out.

1. Cats are altogether less work

First things first: I will admit that the life of a dog owner is full of awesome activities. You can take your furry friend out for walks, play fetch on the beach, or teach him neat tricks. My cat, on the other hand, liked to cry at my window at six in the morning until I fed her, at which point she would fall asleep and ignore me for most of the day. It can be a major bummer if you’re looking for a companion to do fun stuff with all the time, but as someone with a more relaxed lifestyle, I’m pretty happy to have an animal that will (mostly) give me space. I spend most of my weekends going out until the wee hours of the morning, and the last thing I need in my life is to have to wake up early on a cold December morning with a hangover so I can pick up fresh, steaming poo, trying desperately not to vomit. Cats aren’t going to bark frantically every time someone rings my doorbell, they’re not going to eat my shoes or tear up my sofa, and if I tried to take my cat outside and make her fetch a stick for hours at a time, she’d look at me as if I was on drugs. She respects my time, and I respect hers. It’s a completely independent relationship.

2. Dogs give their love unconditionally, a cat’s love is earned 

If you’re a dog owner, you’ll probably be quite used to your canine friend greeting you with a thousand licks and furiously wagging tail, as if he wasn’t aware you’d ever return (possibly because he wasn’t). One of the sticks dog owners will beat cat lovers with is the notion that your cat doesn’t love you, or care if you live or die. That categorically isn’t true; cats love their humans even more than they love food, and if you’ve got a cat, you’ll know they’re just as affectionate as any dog in their own way. I find that it takes time and effort before your cat makes the decision to love you, and until you’ve proven yourself worthy of that love, a cat will treat you with the apathy and contempt such a stranger deserves. Dogs are manic balls of loving affection, but there’s no animal better than a cat at expressing the sentiment “you ain’t s***, motherf***er” until you prove yourself worthy. A dog may treat every stranger with a high level of curiosity or excitement, but a cat will bide its time, watch and observe, before opening its heart to a human. To me, a cat’s love simply means more.

3. Cats are actually useful around the house

As you may already know, the common dog descended from the noble wolf, domesticated and bred over thousands of years to craft the perfect house pet. Cats, on the other hand, kind of just showed up one day and started chilling in people’s homes. Ancient DNA shows cats pretty much domesticated themselves, and that’s in part due to the fact that the relationship between cats and people is naturally more symbiotic than that between dogs and people, where there’s a very clear hierarchy of master and subject. If you’ve ever come home to find a bird or squirrel carcass on your doorstep, you know that cats are fairly efficient hunters, and if you have a pest problem, they’re really useful for catching mice. I’m not sure I’m any better for having witnessed my cat catch a large moth, toy with it as it frantically tried to escape certain death, and eat it before vomiting it back up again, but it’s just an example of the subtle sentry work a feline gets through in the home (in between its 14 hours of sleep a day). Yeah, I know that some dogs were bred for specific tasks like herding or fox hunting, but when was the last time you owned that many sheep?

4. Cats are generally more fun to be around

A common misconception with cats and dogs is the idea that dogs are dumb, over-exuberant creatures, while cats are cold, calculating assassins who could destroy you at any second. In reality, cats are just as, if not more stupid, than your average dog. Dogs are like that guy you knew at school who had mediocre grades and spent all his time at the gym, but now runs a successful bodybuilding business. Cats, on the other hand, can be like that university flatmate you had that seemed really smart or thoughtful and was doing a really complicated course, but managed to flood the laundry room by trying to wash a duvet (spoiler alert: I was that flatmate). A cat will try to jump between kitchen counters, spectacularly misjudge the distance, fall to the ground with a crash, bang and wallop, and still has the audacity to give you a stare that says: “what the f*** are you looking at?” Watching a cat around the home as it gets confused by waterbeds, DVD players or even cucumbers is a great way to pass the time, and there’s a good reason that YouTube is absolutely full to the brim of cat videos. Dogs are lovely and affectionate and cuddly, but they’re not particularly good at keeping me entertained.

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