Dog Vs. Cat as home pets

Wow thats quite a lot.. And you have lot's of pets too..
Do you consider a rabbit, turtle, fish(arowana) a PET...
If so Why?

Yeah.. Luckily for me my dog,s poop inside the toilet.. Not on the toilet.. hehee.. I bet you can teach your dog that too.. so poop wont scatter all around your house.. By the way what's your dogs breeds? Do you find any advantages/disadvantages on having pure breeds or cross breeds.. About cat's I really like garfield type cats.. I think its called persian tiger cat.. Thats what the pet seller told me.. Hehehe

I don't really care if it's a pure breed or cross breed. We have shih-tzus-lhasa apso breed here and a hairless shih-tzu sold by a pet shop *though it looks like a pug-beagle breed*. I have also heard of the persian cat. But i would still prefer to have dogs than cat. We don't know how to teach our dogs that trick but would be very glad if they learned it.

Actually I've done it in an accidental way. There was this time when my dog "Banjo" was still a puppy. every time I timed him of having to explode, I rush to him and carry him to the bathroom.. Maybe I did this for a month.. I din't expect for him to go on his own.. But I observed that dog's sniff out the scent and poo there. Same with pee.. Maybe you should try it. But do not scold you're dog's..

I was watching on TV about scientific proof that cats prolong live. It's a combination of electormagnetic treatment, sound therapy and sheer joy of spending time with a pet. When you pet an animal, the friction produces small ammounts of electricity and it helps stay healthy, purring is a sound therapy. When cats purr they heal themselves and everyone who hears purring. And when you watch pets interact and being all sweet and cute, you just can't help but smile or laugh, that is also able to prolong life. People who have pets on avarage live longer then those who don't have pets:)

Well you are very patient with your pet carrying it everytime it is about to explode. I am not always around and most of the people at home, put our other dog inside a cage. But i would try that definitely if i just have time.

@markobesie: That's a good research about a cat. Now i understand why my father loves cats. It's very unusual yet very intriguing that they release some electromagnetic force that can heal. I also read in an animal magazine that pets can help us live longer than those households without pets. Ü

Yeah I think pets can really heal. The reduced stress alone can ease a persons pain. Less stress, less illness.. That's why meditation work's cause it relieves stress. And that's why pet's work to cause they do the same.

Those pet's you have a really cute.. I agree that the purring of cats relaxes us. It does it to me too. But I have never seen a cat slap other cat's because they are not clean enough.. Or the mess up the litter box for that matter. We have a cat in my grandmother's house.. It has a habit of rubbing him self up to my leg's for how ever he likes.. And a really painful habit of nibbling on my toes.. I mean it really hurt's but I cant hurt him. We never really gave them names. I just called him kitty. He's a siamese cat with blue and green eyes.. I love it when he curl up on me when I watch TV. I just do like the nibbling part.. But.. hes my grandma's cat. And I dont have the pleasure of living with him..

Rocky is very unusual cat, he even kisses like humans. He opens his mouth, and touches my lips while sucking air in, very cute.
We don't usually call them by names, exept Boss, becasue he loves to hear that he is the Boss lol but we usually call them little guy, big guy, and white and gray guy lol. Though non of them is little, they are actually huge, when i hold them i look like a child lol, but little guy is smaller then the other two.
My boyfriend's sister actually brought her boyfriend over one day and little guy came out to say hi. She told her boyfriend that that's the little guy and he was "THAT is the LITTLE guy?".
I just learned not long ago that cats actually have names for each other. It's different kind of meows for each cat.

Really? as in she litteraly open his mouth and start french kissing you? That's sweet... I assume that your cats are clean to let them french kiss you.. hehehehe But nice one