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I'm not a cat person, but I love playing with other peoples kittens/young cats.... the biting n scratching n being a lil tempremental demon.... having a pup like Lÿka reminds me very much of a cat, but sharper teeth, more force in her bite and more tempremental LOL. She plays like a cat, runs around like a cat, moves like a cat, n has lotsa cat-like behaviors. At first I thought they accidentally sent me a brindle cat that swallowed a bird to make the funny bird-like noises she can make, but then it occured to me... my pup is bred to have exagerated natural tendencies, more wild-animal-like qualities that have been bred out of the calmer lower drive pet-like dogs. So the thought occured to me.... finding a dog with the qualities my pup displays is somewhat challenging, it's more prevailant in some breeds, but on the whole, you can't go and get a poodle or an american line GSD that behaves the way she does very easily, if at all, you need to specifically go to a good breeder that aims for these qualities and even then sometimes its hit or miss. But cats on the other hand... it's very easy to find a cat who has very high hunting/prey drives with lots of desire to chase mice, play rough and be very independant hunting creatures with great agility.
If you compare the ease of finding these qualities in a cat vs. a dog, to me it suggests that cats have maintained their natural abilities and drives much better over the generations than dogs have, which would indicate that cats are better bred than dogs.
Does this logic make sense? Is the average cat indeed better bred than the average dog?
If you compare the ease of finding these qualities in a cat vs. a dog, to me it suggests that cats have maintained their natural abilities and drives much better over the generations than dogs have, which would indicate that cats are better bred than dogs.
Does this logic make sense? Is the average cat indeed better bred than the average dog?