Whats smarter, a cat or a dog?

Just lookin for opinions. -If ya can,please say why ya think so. -Could anyone point out some stromg points to prove cat supremicy and some to prove dog supremicy? -And then if anyone knows any scientific facts, -that would be good too. -Thanks... Lump

 

I think cats are WAY smarter. ya wana know why? BECAUSE they can choose to ignore people. They wont starve to death cause they can always go and hunt for food. They always land on their feet when they fall (unless you throw them on the ground really hard from waist height, you see thats just mean cos from that height, it doesnt give them enough time to spin on to their feet). They dont chase their tales.

IF you get a cat, can i just ask that you get a FEMALE one. the male cats stink and they piss everywhere and they meow too loud and when they meow they sound like a little kid crying. Female cats are much better, and way more affectionate.

 

I second that; cat's are way smarter. Any animal that chooses to live its own life has to be smart. Any dog will want attention and needs affection... cat's are happy to sit under the bed, in the dark, all day. You can put food in their bowl and they eat it when they please because they know that you will feed them again tomorrow. Cats, female cats.

 

I don't know about how smart animals are (most scientists say dogs) but, dogs are definently cooler, they actually care about their owners, cats don't give a shit, they have no sense of companionship.

 

Haha that is sooo tru, thats what i like about them. They dont give a shit. When your hung-over in the morning they dont come barging in to your bedroom demanding you feed them. they wait patiently. I like that. But when they want attention, they cuddle up to you in your bed and theyre not all boney like dogs are. Cats are squishy, well not squishy but ya know. Their just bettera

 

I think dogs & cats are like people. Some are smarter than others. I mean, I've met some dumb ass people in my day, just like I've known some dumb ass cats & dogs. On the other hand, there are a lot of very intelligent animals out there too. Now humans, uh, I'm not sure about that...

 

haha, i was watching this documentary on tv about how if your cat can see images on a television, then its dumb LOL. This lady was so convinced her cat was smart cos it would sit there trying to catch the birds on tv. Then when this vet person told her that her cat isnt as smart as she thinks it is, the lady was all offended, haha.

You see, when your cat starts to see images on the tv, it means they're abit "slow".
The reason why normal cats dont watch tv is because they cant see the actual picture, all they see is the projection of the picture or little lines shooting across the screen. This is because their reactions are like 10 times faster than ours.

Just a random fact for ya.

 

That is a common misconception about cats. Not true at all. Of course there are some cats that "dont give a shit" and are very aloof, but as with dogs, all cats are different and have different personalities. I have had 4 cats in my lifetime. One (female) was very aloof and actually quite mean. She wanted to be left alone all the time. The other 3 (males) were quite the opposite. I bonded with all 3 of them as much, if not more so than with my dog. They were great companion and loved attention. The one I have now is especially affectionate, smart, loving, and tuned in. I would say in general, that cats are more aloof than dogs, but they definatley have a sense of companionship. Just depends on the individual cat.

 

Uh....My cat chases his tail all the time, and he is very smart. He is also a male, dosent stink (give it a bath if it stinks, DUH!) and has never peed anywhere but his box. Female cats are very bitchy, mostly to other female cats, thats why I would never get one. As for intelligence, I think it depends on what type of intelligence you are talking about. Dogs obviously learn tricks very well and remember them, but cats seem to think for themselves quite well. I think they may be very close in intelligence actually, oh, and did you know...
Pigs are smarter than dogs!

 

Doggod, I dig your sig! Funny

 

Dogs are smarter...they can track way better than cats, they can hunt, they can respond to commands, they understand their name.....

Cats are allegedly not very smart, they act aloof so people give them the benefit of the doubt.

 

My cat knows his name and always responds to it( of course not exactly every single time like a dog) but If he is out in the yard and I yell for him to come home he immediatley comes dashing across the yard.... it's cute. He might be special though

 

he sounds special...don't get me wrong, I love cats. I just think its a total myth that they are smarter than dogs.

 

edit: this thread had me curious, so I referred to my cat book which has an aritcle comparing the intelligence of dogs and cats...and without typing the entire thing...the conclusion was basically that both animals are so different and have intelligence that is completely unique to each one, so you cannot really compare the levels of intelligence of dogs and cats and come to a set conclusion that one is absolutley smarter than the other.
If anyone really wants some excerpts from the book, I'd be happy to write some stuff down.............

 

yea, I would be interested in knowing some of the bigger differences

 

Sure

"Some pet owners claim that the dog's trainablility is evidence of that animal's superior intelligence, but how easily a dog can learn to make the connection between a command, it's action, and a reward, has little to do with IQ. Canines have a higher developed social hierharchy in which subordinate members seek to placate dominant ones, so training a dog to respond to a dominent member of the 'pack' -in this case the human trainer- taps into the dog's instincts.
Social hierarchy isnt as important to felines, so they are naturally much less motivated to respond to such training. But most cats can learn simple commands if their owners are patient and persistant enough. You can, for example, teach your cat to sit on command........
.........some cat lovers assert that feline self-sufficiency proves that cats are more intelligent than dogs, but it is the cat's nature as a solitary hunter that has equipped it to find it's own food. Innate behavior is also partly responsible for the relative ease with which a cat can be trained to use a litter box. Cats in the wild generally prefer to eliminate in loose soil, which is not to unlike litter box filler.
Cats are better than dogs at tasks that require manipulating a string or a lever, and they can easily learn to pull open a door by using their paws as they would to scoop up a mouse. These talents do not proove that cats are more intelligent than dogs, but that they are more dexterous with their paws.
Another test of intelligence, one less influenced by instinct and innate physical ability, measures how quickly an animal finds its way through a maze. Bad news for cat lovers....dogs and even some farm animals perform better than cats at mastering mazes. In intelligence tests that measure an animals ability to remember which of several boxes contains food, or to recall which door allows escape, cats also tend to score lower than dogs, but they do perform better than farm animals.
Nonetheless it is clear that cats are careful observers and will remember things that have direct relevance to them. Many owners will recall that their cats go into hiding at the very sight of the carrier used to bring them to the vet, even if it has been more than a year since the last visit. And even subtle changes in your routine, to which cat's get very accustomed, wont go unnoticed. Cats most certainly have the capacity to learn...as with litter box training, it is easier for cats to learn actions that mimic ones in their natural behavioral repertoire. They also learn by observing other cats. Other research gives further evidence of cat' ability to learn by example: cats are quicker to learn to push down on a bar to recieve a food reward if they have already observed another cat do the same"

...whew! So with that I feel as though they are both too different to make a conclusion about which one is more intelligent...but perhaps dogs generally are...? But maybe there are some other reads or scientific evidence to make a good conclusion. This long paragraph was taken from the ASPCA's Complete Guide To Cats. Hope it helps some.......