Why do people keep dogs as pets?

[El Presidente]

I love a dog that jumps on your leg and trys to shag it
regards
DR

...and that's why you never go out in West Street on a Saturday night anymore.

Regards

EP

 

[BN9 BHA]

I love a dog that jumps on your leg and trys to shag it
regards
DR

It must be that aftershave you wear

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

...and that's why you never go out in West Street on a Saturday night anymore.

Regards

EP

Snail trails
regards
DR

 

[Pretty pink fairy]

It must be that aftershave you wear

pet corrector
regards
DR

 

[T soprano]

Because my dog is my best mate now my kids have grown up
We go on massive 10 mile walks through the countryside, while I listen to 5hours of tunes on iPhone
He never moans
He never asks why
He goes mental when I get in from work,jumping all over me knocking me to the ground
If I'm off work ill he'll sit by my side 24/7 pestering me but keeping me company
I can go to the pub on my Own but not feel lonely as I've got him by my side and most people adore him so it's a conversation breaker and end up meeting lots of new people
Love my dog, so some of that might answer the question to why people keep dogs

 

[Baldseagull]

Cat lovers should have a session in the ducking stool, witches the lot of 'em.

 

[OzMike]

1. They smell. You can easily tell a doggy house.
2. They are noisy
3. They eat poo.
4. They kill/main people/other animals.including children and babies
5. Some m*sturbate shamelessly in public
6. They rip up and destroy possesions and furniture

They do everything bad that cats don't do.
Cats > dogs.

My daughter's cat has written off my $3000 leather sofa, by using it as a scratching surface.

 

[Brovion]

It's an interesting question whether we should keep pets at all. Is it ethical to breed and control animals to boost our own self-image (like those meatheads with pitbulls), to counteract our loneliness (like old women with cats) or to amuse ourselves (kids with hamsters that they get bored of after a week)?

I genuinely think future generations will look back on us with distaste for our pet culture.

Dogs aren't pets, they're companions. Agree with you about cat owners though, they're weird. As you say future generations will look back at cat owners as complete saddos.

 

[Hampster Gull]

A more simple analogy, If I lock my Dog and my wife in the boot of the car for 3 hours, I know which one of them will be more glad to see me when I open it again.

Prove it

 

[Bombadier Botty]

My daughter's cat has written off my $3000 leather sofa, by using it as a scratching surface.

Maybe your daughter shouldn't own a cat if she's that clueless about how to prevent it using the sofa as a scratching post

 

[Saint Lennard]

Ken Dodd's dad's dog's dead. I have a large smelly one.

Ken Dodd's Dad? Dead?!

 

[jimbob5]

Ken Dodd's Dad? Dead?!

No his dad's dog.

 

[BN9 BHA]

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Because my dog is my best mate now my kids have grown up
We go on massive 10 mile walks through the countryside, while I listen to 5hours of tunes on iPhone
He never moans
He never asks why
He goes mental when I get in from work,jumping all over me knocking me to the ground
If I'm off work ill he'll sit by my side 24/7 pestering me but keeping me company
I can go to the pub on my Own but not feel lonely as I've got him by my side and most people adore him so it's a conversation breaker and end up meeting lots of new people
Love my dog, so some of that might answer the question to why people keep dogs

This post pretty much says what it's like to be a dog owner.

I don't own a dog but I occasionally walk and look after one, when walking the dog I can't believe how many people actually stop and talk to me about her.

You are correct about your dog being a conversation breaker, I was talking to a bloke with a dog at a non- league match yesterday, plenty of people kept stopping to talk because of the dog.

Also it's nice to go on long walks in the countryside.

 

[Hillian1]

Dog poo makes children go blind.
The blind use dogs to get around.
They can't see the poo to pick it up.
Another child goes blind.

Vicious circle.

 

[Questions]

Bet they don't crap on dartboards!

180........... He was accurate though Rev.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

Dog poo makes children go blind.
The blind use dogs to get around.
They can't see the poo to pick it up.
Another child goes blind.

Vicious circle.

It's an absolute khazi of a state of affairs. As well as the above cats also scratch people's eyes out, crap in their oxtail soup and generally kick off at every opportunity.

 

[seagulls4ever]

Whereas cats

make every area stink where they piss, which is rarely there own house or garden

Noisy at night when roaming the street fighting

The crap anywhere and everywhere how many owners ever clear up after their cat

The kill or scare off all the great birds we used to have in our gardens as owners think its cool to have 6 cats per household and just leave them outside 24/7 because they are not pretty kittens anymore

Never seen a dog do that in public

They rip up and destroy furniture but cannot be taught not to

Their owners expect car drivers to be sorry when they knock over the cat they havent seen since they kicked them out the house 2 weeks ago because the scratched their toddler

All of this. You can add that their hairs get everywhere and the false sense of affection they give to manipulate food out of people.

I don't have and don't want any pets, but if I had to choose between a dog or a cat, it would be a dog every single time.

 

[Bombadier Botty]

the false sense of affection they give to manipulate food out of people..

I presume you've never owned a cat or you'd know that cats are extremely affectionate beasts outside of the sphere of food and that affection around food us only one very small part of a cat's emotional make-up.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I only keep mine for Xmas, does that count?

 

[Nibble]

Explains a lot about you contempt for people.

Other people explains a lot about my contempt for people.