"Jay Honeck" wrote:
No cat has ever gone out of its way to attack me without provocation.
Dogs
did twice when I was a child.

More people are killed by dogs every year in the U. S. than by sharks and
poisonous snakes combined. That clinches the cat versus dog debate for
me.

Well, there are "dogs" and there are "DOGS."

Everything from a tiny Peek-a-poo to a giant Rottweiler is counted as a
"dog". I, for one, regard the breeding of giant dogs for in-home use to
be goofy in the extreme. It's cruel to the animal, and can result in
disasters like you mention.

One of the dogs that attacked me as a child was a Cocker Spaniel. Size has
nothing to do with the canine inclination to violence, as anyone who has been
bitten by a Chihuahua could tell you.

The equivalent in the cat world would be to try to keep a full-sized cougar
in your home -- which few are dumb enough to try.

No, it wouldn't. House cats and cougars are different species. Unlike
domestic dogs and cats, cougars have not been subjected to thousands of years
of breeding by humans for tameness. Apparently, we still have a way to go
with dogs.

With good reason, I might add. Back to my original point.

Your original point was that you could read cats' minds, and this amazing
power informed you that cats harbor secret carnivorous yearnings for humans.
Pardon me if, absent any evidence that this is so, I have my doubts.

--
Dan
C-172RG at BFM