My daughters cat learnt how to play fetch. I think thats pretty amazing.

I wish this placed loved dogs as much as cats, there may be the odd cat that'll curl up next to you but I'm afraid they ain't a patch on dogs...

I had a cat when I was younger and he was brilliant but I've never came across one like him again, I would have another but there'll be no chance of that happening with Fudge around. He is such a lovely dog but I'm sure the part of his DNA carries the 'tard gene!

Yeah I like dogs too but couldn't responsibley have one, whereas cats are a step down in neediness.

Fuck that, I wouldnt let any animal lick a wound.

Liveinadive wrote:

Fuck that, I wouldnt let any animal lick a wound.

I didn't but I just wondered why some people thought it was supposed to be good? Having smelt his breath at times I can't imagine anything good coming from that! Talking of stench that's one other thing I'm not keen on, the smell from their Dentasticks, fucking reeks.

Moto70 wrote:

I wish this placed loved dogs as much as cats, there may be the odd cat that'll curl up next to you but I'm afraid they ain't a patch on dogs...

Every cat I've ever had would curl up near me, on me, wake me up with little pecks on the cheek, slide a cool hand under the covers... hang on, cats. Every cat I've ever had would curl up near me or on me. Cats are not automatically mean or aloof (bar the odd one, like people), it all depends on how you treat them. Show them affection and they reciprocate as much as any dog, in my experience. My gf got her first cat a few months ago, a stray from RSPCA. He was terrified of everything at first, but after some attention and affection, he relaxed into his surrounds and is now as good natured and affectionate as any cat I've encountered (which is quite a few).

My sister has two mini fox terriers and they are in contrast the worst pets I've encountered. Destroy everything, hate everyone, harass mum's cat endlessly whenever they're brought to the parental home and are generally adept at fucking up an otherwise peaceful get together. That said, I like dogs. We had a red setter called Metala when I was young and he was lovely, very gentle. Pets tend to reflect the owner, I find. If you're a cunt, there's a good chance your dog, cat, bird or cassowary is too. That's not to say I consider my sister a badger; she's certainly not, but she and hubby were definitely lax when it came to training their dogs.

That's a controversial stringed instrument I think. Marmaduke? Malamute.

My sister-in-law has a Malamute, I like all most all dogs. I hate Jack Russels and all the chav dogs such as staffys (though a neighbour has a staffy which is nice), though like I said earlier I really want to get a Beagle at some time in the not to distant future...

Trouble is staffs are actually lovely dogs that are really friendly, so these chav fuckers buy them expecting a vicious dog, realise they're not and abandon them.

Great dog with a bad image really.

Beagle Vs Lemon made my morning, thanks Permian.

I like watching the wild birds in the garden and consequently I loathe cats and there are simply too many on our estate. Would love to have a dog, but with nobody at home all day it would simply be cruel. When I lived with Mum and Dad we had a Border Collie named Oscar - he was the best dog. Genius frisbee catcher.

Yeah, staffies are awesome. Nash is part staffie and all the staffies at the park are aces. Bar the one with the mentalist owner. hmm.

I've spent a reasonable amount of time doing warrants at drug dealers' houses.  As you might imagine in a situation that involves a drug dealer's front door being battered off of its hinges and their house flooded by the people they hate the most in the world, they are high stress, high aggression environments.

A lot of these houses have Staffies in them.  When everyone is shouting, and occasionally people are fighting, Staffies think it's a game where their role is to run around, sniff as many different shoes as they can in as short an amount of time as they can, and also tag as many people as they can with their wildly wagging tail.  All the while refusing to bark or snarl, and only make a noise if locked in a room, which is usually the whine of a creature that thought it had made ten new friends, and thinks it suddenly has none.  When it comes to recording, bagging and labelling productions, they take a keen interest in what you're doing.  No amount of pushing away will cause them to be aggressive, they just want to see if they can somehow help.

They really are great animals.  I think you'd really have to work at making them aggressive.  Lazy owners just seem to end up with equally friendly but overweight, waddling dogs.

I agree with adkm, Saffies are wonderful animals.  In my experience with dodgy owners/dogs in Catford though, where it's a regular occurrence to hear owners insisting their Staffs are part Pitbull, they're so eager to please their masters they can become incredibly vicious.  An incident a few years ago with my dog and a Staff called Reaper was never likely to get off to a good start.  Many breeds can be nasty - the worst dog in Beckenham Place Park is a Labrador, for example - but Staffs can just do that bit more damage, especially in two's, so I'm still weary of my dog approaching them until I've gauged the twat factor of the owner.  There's only so many kicks up the backside and complete segregation from other dogs an animal can take imo.  

One bloke, who only ever appears in the park with his dog on occasion (fairweather owners?  Well I never), has bought his dog a collar that literally has four inch metal spikes sticking out of it, and a chunky lead that looks like he's about to weigh anchor.  You can tell the dog is desperate to be let off the lead to play with other dogs, and isn't anywhere near as ferocious as he repeatedly insists it is.  Another example of the Staffie's natural personality finding it's way through is the rescue dog the Special Brew Crew own - she's got scars from cigarette burns all over her back, but she's the happiest thing on four legs - they treat her like a Princess btw.  However, you do occasionally get a truly rotten owner/Staff combo, so like most things I suppose, they can eventually be broken.  Absolutely amazing creatures in the right hands though.

Your cat's hotdot looks a lot like marmalade on bread rolls.