Comments on: Dogs Are Manipulable, Cats Are Manipulative, and Both Act Like Babies

By: Shobhitsrivastava 1155

Shobhitsrivastava 1155 — Sat, 12 May 2012 16:08:00 +0000

i think that means cats r more intelligent as they make their own decisions rather than being an imitating puppet. and i’ve seen dogs wagging their tails and making “dog face” when they want something and it is very hard 2 ignore that. Also i would say that this topic is very stereotypical as how “cats own a human” and “cats have servants”.In reality every cats has different personality, I’ve 2 cats my male cat shonu he never purrs but meows at a louder pitch when he is hungry while my she-cat julie only purrs when i hug and caress her and is very possesive(affectionately) about me and won’t let shonu on my lap.so the above theory of “solicitation purr”doesn’t hold universally and is not consistent.and many owners like the relaxing sound of a cat purring

By: Caper7860

Caper7860 — Sat, 12 May 2012 15:05:00 +0000

This article gives two opposing examples that reinforce some stereotypical ideas about cats and dogs. The dog example conveys the interest dogs have in their owners whereas the cat examples conveys cats’ interest in themselves. I love dogs and cats and find that dogs can be quite manipulative when they want something. Cats can also be quite engaged with their humans regardless of whether they follow a gaze or not (and some do).

By: Morgan Shafer

Morgan Shafer — Sat, 12 May 2012 02:02:00 +0000

I understand what the authors are trying to say, I think, about “manipulable” vs “manipulative” behaviors, but I don’t think the food example is a very good one. My cats are also very interested in the food I eat! Also, I think that in addition to the influence we have over them in the food example, dogs are in return very manipulative in their behavior around our food: they don’t call it begging for a reason. Their example of a dog looking in the same direction we look is a better example. Same thing with pointing–a dog will look in the direction we point, whereas most cats won’t (although I did once have a cat that would). And lest that be considered a sign of one species being more intelligent than the other, I saw a PBS documentary on this very topic, and they did the pointing experiment with dogs and chimpanzees–and where the dogs would look where the humans would point, the chimps would not. Perhaps the latter were too cynical.

By: Judy Bond

Judy Bond — Sat, 12 May 2012 01:47:00 +0000

I have always had cats yet I have no idea what this writer is talking about regarding “this solicitation purr”

By: Julia

Julia — Sat, 05 May 2012 17:44:00 +0000

Wow, was that article written by a dog person or what?

By: Laurel

Laurel — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:57:00 +0000

I was encouraged to feed my dog at different times every days to clear this fanaticism

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:22:00 +0000

“Anyways”? What do dogs have to say about the illiteracy of journalists?

By: Tonix1

Tonix1 — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:19:00 +0000

we have a dog that just coughs comes to your feet and coughs when she wants to eat.

By: Irene Beech

Irene Beech — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 07:38:00 +0000

I have a cat who just says: “Eh”, very loudly, when he wants something and he repeats that every few seconds until he gets what he wants.

By: Boxerbuddy4

Boxerbuddy4 — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 20:12:00 +0000

I swear my dogs tell time. They always seem to know when it’s time to eat. One will sit by the dog dish and the other will lick me like crazy until I feed them and it seems to be about the same time each day.