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Cats and Dogs How They Are Different2007-11-25 3:00:19

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The reason for such differences is that what's important to dogs is not the same as it is for cats. For a start, dogs are group animals and cats are not.

Dogs are social, gregarious creatures and are most content in a pack situation.

For pet dogs, the most important pack members are usually their owners and

owners who provide proper leadership for their dogs are usually viewed as pack

leaders. This is the reason why dogs left alone during their owners' working

hours commonly develop separation anxieties even to the extent that, when

several dogs share the same household, one can still develop a severe

separation anxiety in its owner's absence that is not solved by the presence of

its canine buddies.

What's important, though, is that a dog's attachment is to its group and much

less to its territory. For example, a dog taken to his or her owner's work place to

be with its owners will be just as happy as when it is at home. By comparison, a

cat taken to its owner's workplace is usually very fearful and anxious.

Why does this difference exist? Cats are not, generally, gregarious and do not

develop strong pack structures where leadership is an important function. Wild

or feral cats are mostly solitary creatures, hunting alone. While they will form

groups, this is more a sharing of a common territory than the establishment of a