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Ideal_Rock
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I got both a puppy and kitten this year. I have to say that I love them both equally and think of them as equal but different. My kids feel the same way, except my oldest who adores the cat more but yet still loves the dog too but the cat gives her more affection than our pug.
Anyway, the reaction when I got our pug was very postive and friends, family, neighbors, etc got very excited for me. But when I got my cat, the sweetest ragdoll ever I got a very different and mostly negative reaction, almost like "why would you get a cat?" And negative comments like "they don't like people, and they show no affection etc". In fact my kitten follows me from room to room and unless she is asleep somewhere, she likes to be where people are. And often she is sleeping where one of my kids or I was last.
My oldest who as I said prefers the cat was shopping with me the other day for pet food and the cashier commented we were buying both cat and dog food. He said he has a dog but also 3 cats and prefers the cats. My son said him too and they got into a conversation about how cats don't get enough respect.
I never thought about it much until I got my kitten.
Have other cat owners noticed this and why do you think it is?
Anyway, the reaction when I got our pug was very postive and friends, family, neighbors, etc got very excited for me. But when I got my cat, the sweetest ragdoll ever I got a very different and mostly negative reaction, almost like "why would you get a cat?" And negative comments like "they don't like people, and they show no affection etc". In fact my kitten follows me from room to room and unless she is asleep somewhere, she likes to be where people are. And often she is sleeping where one of my kids or I was last.
My oldest who as I said prefers the cat was shopping with me the other day for pet food and the cashier commented we were buying both cat and dog food. He said he has a dog but also 3 cats and prefers the cats. My son said him too and they got into a conversation about how cats don't get enough respect.
I never thought about it much until I got my kitten.
Have other cat owners noticed this and why do you think it is?