I understand that there are individual cases for pets. There are cats that climb up the roof and dogs that are considerate, but please remember that I am speaking from the perspective of a veterinarian…
If we discuss commonalities, and discuss which is easier to care for between cats and dogs, and raise multiple cats together (referring to hospitalization or foster care), cats are easier than dogs. If you don’t understand, you can try to go to a pet store or a laboratory dog base to experience the sourness of more than 20 dogs starting to sing in chorus when they see people, and the physical strength consumed by walking the dogs.
Because cats are easy.
This is what the veterinarian said from the bottom of his heart.
First of all, you don’t need to walk, and you don’t even have to bother to clean up the feces and urine of your ancestors, just shovel the feces. They eat relatively politely, rarely make a mess when eating and drinking, and are quiet and gentle. Generally, they don’t make penetrating howls. Cats in a room are often treated with respect like guests, and rarely make noises.
This is definitely good news for clinical pet doctors who need to deal with a large number of hospitalized animals for a long time (key point), because it is impossible to put a room full of dogs together without barking one after another, causing water and dog food to fly everywhere, and each dog needs to be let out for exercise at least twice a day.
In addition, cats are small in size. Compared with the variety of dog breeds ranging from 1 kg to 50 kg, the average weight of cats is generally around 2-6 kg (excluding super-large cats, wild animals and some overweight extremely fat cats). This small size is also a blessing for clinical veterinarians and animal owners.
First, most drugs are charged by volume, and the dosage is determined by weight. For the same drug, the cost of a large dog is more than ten times that of an ordinary cat. Similarly, cats eat much less than dogs, and even prescription food is more economical.
Second, the fighting power of animals is often proportional to their size. Compared with a big dog that can only be pinned to the ground by two or three big men, a cat that can be controlled by one person is obviously more convenient to operate. And even if you are accidentally hit, the cat scratches and bites, although the battle is miserable, at least it is only a superficial injury. For large dogs weighing tens of kilograms, once bitten, the flesh will be broken and fractured. Going to the hospital for stitches is the least serious. You may have to go to the orthopedic department.
Third, cats are relatively balanced in size, so in clinical treatment, they are generally not considered in particular unless they are too fat. However, for the same medicine, if a dog weighs 10 kilograms, it will take just one tablet for a Shiba Inu, one tenth for a Chihuahua, and five or six tablets for an Alaskan.
Finally, no matter how hygienic the owner is and how clean the animal is, the body odor of the animal itself is inevitable. But for healthy animals that do not suffer from periodontal disease, I believe everyone knows what kind of smell “a dog smell” describes, which is probably the greasy foot odor mixed with the sebum on the dog’s body and the sweat on the feet. Although it is not strong on dogs that take a bath frequently, if more than a dozen dogs are hospitalized together, the smell will be considerable.
On the contrary, cats that can clean their own hair will only have a faint smell of saliva on their bodies. If the feces are cleaned in time and the cat itself does not have incontinence or diarrhea, a room full of cats will only have the smell of disinfectant left during daily cleaning and the cat pheromone medicine in the room.
Ask a veterinarian whether he would rather take care of a house full of cats or a house full of dogs. The veterinarian would definitely take care of a house full of cats that are not noisy, smelly, or crippling!
Comments from other netizens:
Netizen A: Really, those who can afford to keep a dog are either retired elderly people, freelancers, or pet bloggers. These people have a lot of time to accompany their dogs.
Netizen B: To put it bluntly, people are too tired and don’t have the energy to respond to the enthusiasm of dogs. As for cats, they don’t care about you anyway, and you can just get along with each other and occasionally play with each other…
Netizen C: I don’t want to go out except for work because of social phobia!!!!! I used to have a dog and took it out for a walk at 7 o’clock every morning. After I formed the habit, it would wake me up before 6:30 every day… Cats are still better. They don’t like to go out even more than me, and they sleep in with me on weekends.
Netizen D: I have three cats and have thought about keeping a dog, but once I knew what I had to do every day to keep a dog, I wanted to give up. It is really easy to keep a cat. The difference between one cat and three cats is just like “more cats and more pairs of chopsticks”. But keeping a dog means having an extra ancestor who can bark, touch furniture and appliances, poop everywhere, and smells.
Netizen E: I remember my colleague who gets up at 4 a.m. every day to take his dog out for a walk and pee. He does it even at 4 a.m. in December in Northeast China when the temperature is minus 20 degrees Celsius. If it weren’t for true love, he wouldn’t do such a thing.
Netizen F: My cat is easy and clean. The problem is that his personality is like that of a dog. He is super friendly and will come when you wave. (Showing off)
Netizen G: The key is that a group of stray cats are not a threat. And a group of stray dogs will eat people.
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