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Originally Posted by tirsales
If you ask a teacup poodle breeder - no they are not the same breed. If you ask the "official" commissions deciding that sort of thing: Yes they are. Teacup poodles are much smaller then toy poodles (even smaller then the so called "tiny toy poodle"-sub-breed).
I actually like standard poodles (if they are NOT shaved in the typical poodle-like way *shudder*). I dont know the other poodle breeds (having seen them sometimes, but not on a regular base) well enough to judge them.
Their are differences in the way a cat views its owner and in the way a dog does. That much is clear. Stating that own of both is better then the other is quite simple .. strange.
Both are - for lack of a better word - nice.
But there is such a great span of "typical" behaviours in both - cats and dogs - depending on breed, training, character, age, etc - it would be hard to even define the typical behaviour of a dog (chosen as example because I know more about dogs then about cats).
Take for example the behaviour of a Czechoslovakian Wolfdog and that of a German Shepherd Dog. Both are large dogs, the Czechoslovakian Wolfdog is even a German Shepherd Dog-Hybrid (originally a mix between shepherd and wolf). But their typical behaviour - even their mimic - differs greatly. Whilst e.g. the Shepherd has a very distinct will to please the Wolfdog does not. (Again making broad generalizations). This makes it much harder to train a Wolfdog - if you stick to the book and dont adopt your training and behaviour to the dog. If you do - both are just fine.
Now add e.g. a Pyrenaen shepherd or an Australian Shepherd (not that they are so similar) and you get a third "kind of dog". And all three breeds show different kinds of loyalty - and I would rely on all three.
The same is true for cats. |
Huh .... my two dogs are the result of a German Shepherd - Wolf mix mating with an Akita - Chow mix. They are freaking impossible to train. They are sweet, friendly, and very lively dogs, smart too .... they just could not give a flying fandango if what they are doing pleases a human or not.
On the other hand, back when I had my cat, Newton, .... you could not ask for a more loyal friend. There was a period I was so sick ... three or four days, when I could barely drag myself out of bed.
Newton just stayed there with me. Left me only long enough to grab a bit of water and hit the litter box. Otherwise, he just stayed with me and purred at me until I felt better.
He also had a habit of meeting my neighbors at their front doors in the morning and walking them to their cars. That was how people found out I was sick ... they started to wonder why Newton wasn't there in the morning, and came over to check on him after about two days of not seeing him.
Man, I miss him.
Photo is of the doggies wading in the lake near the house.