Urm...

[ksmith]

Seen in another LJ, the following:

"Every dog is the same dog, but all cats are unique."**

Written, I assume, by a Cat Person. Originated by one, as well.

I should admit right off the bat that I am not a Cat Person. I like cats, but I'm also allergic as hell to them, as in "within a few minutes I'm a wheezing, hacking mess/cat dander raises welts" allergic. I'm also allergic to dogs, but not to that degree, although Mickey makes me itch more than does King.

I'm not going to get into a 'which is better' battle because it's all very subjective. Dogs are more labor-intensive than cats--yup. They need more exercise, litter boxes aren't (usually) an option, and they bark at night. But anyone who puts forth the monolithic canine personality argument is going to get the same look from me that King gives me when I scold him.

It's an irritating look.

Kinda dismissive.

"Yeah, yeah, whatever."

Gonna stop there because I haven't had coffee yet, there's much to do, and I'm feeling a mite touchy.


**should I cite? I don't know the poster, and I've read the saying before, so I'm not really quoting...

Comments

[amyirene-40.livejournal.com]

I was quite surprised four years ago to find out that I'm a cat person (who'd a thunk it? 46 years of ignoring felines, and suddenly I've got a herd of them). However I was raised by and live with a REAL dog person, so the number of dogs I've shared a house with at one time or another numbers into four figures. None of them were the same. Shoot, six week old puppies already have distinct personalities; by the time a dog hits adulthood, it is as different from other dogs as any one person is from every other person.

However I don't think that those who make that statement have met only one dog. They're people who've had a slight acquaintance with several dogs of the same type, and extrapolated from that ("My great-aunt Mildred had a succession of yappy little terriers that all looked exactly the same, therefore I know that all dogs are the same as all other dogs.")