yorkypudd wrote:I have both cats and dogs While I love em to bits !!! The dogs are definately dafter than the cat ! He is cleaner, clever and more chilled out that my dogs !!!! The dogs see him everyday and still bark at him and he just sits there with a look that says go away stupids !!! ( I think he has took lessons of Garfield ! )
That is the stereotype of cats compared to dogs; it's been depicted numerous times in cartoons, films, charicatures, etc. Cats are thought of as intelligent, sophisticated and often conniving animals, whereas dogs are shown as scatty, brain dead beings that like to fetch sticks for hours on end.
I've just tried to find the Far Side cartoon where the guy's sitting in his car just arriving home with his cat in the passenger street. His dog is bounding out the front door, very excited. The caption is "Aw, look who's come to see you from being declawed!" I couldn't find it but it's funny. The Far Side is brilliant (a lot of the time.)