Dogs do not need litter boxes!
One reason why dogs are great pets is the litter box that cats have. In fact, even cat lover don’t love the litter box that the cats need. No matter how much you try to keep up with them, there seems to always be a lingering, stinky odor.
Plus, litter often tracks all over the house. It’s practically impossible to put the litter box anywhere without it making a mess. Especially in a small house. Cleaning the stuff up is stinky, messy, and not pleasant.
However, the good news about dogs is that they don’t need litter boxes. They can be house trained and most can stick to a schedule. They can just use the yard or they can do their business during walks around the neighborhood. You only have to pick it up outside, and you only need to scoop the poop up. Not the urine, the way you do with litter boxes.
Plus, cleaning up the dog’s poop is much easier than cleaning out the cat’s stinky litter box. You can simply use the pooper scooper in your yard, and you can easily use poop bags on walks. Cleaning up poop may not be fun, but many people prefer it much more than cleaning the litter box. Best of all, the business happens outside, not inside your home!
Dogs just wanna have fun with you!
Cats can play, but there’s only so much you can do with your cat. Perhaps you can watch them bat a toy around, but it’s almost like they’re just trying to humor you. Cats are better off playing on their own than with people.
On the other hand, dogs absolutely love to play! Especially with you! You can play fetch with a frisbee, or a ball, have a good chase in the yard or have a good game of tug-of-war. You can even set up a play-date for your dog to play with another pup in the neighborhood. Just make sure they get along well. Dogs are very active and have a lot more playful energy than cats do.
Training dogs is easier!
Okay, so cats can technically be trained, but dogs can be trained a lot easier. Cats can be trained, but even the owners of cats say that it’s difficult to train them. In fact, food-motivated cats are still hard to train because eventually they get tired of it and knock the food out of your hand, and walk away. In general, cats could train us humans better than we could train them.
However, dogs actually enjoy training. They find it entertaining. Dogs seem to get much more motivated by food and attention. They will gladly sit, lay down, shake, and roll over for a delicious reward. Dogs seem to display a sense of pride when they do a good job at something. In fact, dogs misbehave more when they are bored.
Dogs protect you!
It’s not in a cat’s nature to protect bravely, in fact, cats actually run and hide when they’re in danger. On the other hand, dogs try to protect and defend their owners when they are in danger. They even scare off intruders. Dogs can sense when we feel threatened, and do the best to try and help.
Small dogs are not as good as big dogs at defending. However, small dogs are much more alert and know when their owner is in danger. Even though they may be small, people still stay away from them because they have a fear of being bitten. So, kitties can’t really do much when it comes to defending.
Dogs are much better than cats. Cats can’t defend you when you need it, they can’t be trained easily, and they don’t even like to play with you. But dogs are the perfect companions because they can do all of these things.
