I have two cats and a dog. They are completely different creatures. Dogs are clingy and needy, always hanging around desperately waiting for attention. Cats have things that they are doing, scheming and planning and such. They come into a room, see you, come over to say hi and hang for a while, then go back to their business. You pose a problem to a dog, their answer is to pounce on it, and hopefully solve it with drool. You pose a problem to a cat, you can see the cat think about it, work a couple of solutions, then execute the one that works. Make no mistake, I love my dog, but if I could train my cats to hunt pheasants, the dog would come down with a sudden case of fatal lead poisoning.
J