Cats VS Dogs

I was just reading this article this morning...just wondered what your take was on which you think is smarter & why.
Which Are Smarter?

Dogs. :)

Dogs most definitely.


I've never seen a cat rescue someone trapped in snow or sniff out someone in remains of a building.

I voted dogs...but who knows, maybe one day a cat will save a dog from a burning building? Lol

Ohhh I just noticed...that's dr stanley coren from Ubc! He has (had?) his own show called "good dog". I stayed up until 5am just to watch it because I'm addicted to his show.

Binka, this picture of Kai head bucket makes my day :D :D

I think cats and dogs are equally smart, but of course in different ways. Some are definately smarter than others - like humans. ;) Training and the way the owner cares for a cat or dog makes a huge difference too I'm sure.

Just my 2 cents. :)

Please don't tell Trevor and Andy that I did this, but I voted for dogs. I know that there are lots of things that cats understand and could respond to if they so chose. ;) I think there is a lot going on in their furry little minds that we will never know. I know there are exceptions to every rule, but on the whole I do believe that dogs are wired a little differently which appears to make them smarter. (Trevor and Andy, if you see this please know that I still love you guys very, very much! LOL!)

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Binka, this picture of Kai head bucket makes my day :D :D

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Lol I was just about to switch my sig...hmm...I suppose I'll keep this for a little longer...it's quite silly isn't it? :P

Keep it Ashely. It made my mom laugh :D She thought it was Mickey from far. Lol

I voted dogs too. Maybe I'm a bit biased but I actually think dogs are at least this much smarter than cats. *shrugs*

I don't really know that I think one is smarter than the other. I think they are both smart in different ways. For example some people are great at math but can't do well in an writting class (kind of like me) and some people are great at writting but anything harder than long division is a challenge. It doesn't mean that one person is smarter than the other, just that they are smart in different ways.

I agree with Ubabassoon. My cat is smart in that she can find a way to get me to do whatever she wants, and the dogs can do things like sit, stay, beg....figure out how to tear down the baby gate locking them in the kitchen and stick their face in the rat cage repeatedly despite being bitten on the nose every time......

Come to think of it, I should have voted 'cat'!

I was watching a show on the Travel Channel which had a list of the ten smartest animals and where to see them. They had a lot of good reasons why each animal made the spot where they were and other cool info. Dogs were number seven. The other animals were Great Apes, Dolphins, Monkeys, Elephants, Parrots, Pigs, Octopuses and Squids, Crows, and Squirrels.

i think it depends on the animal.

I think dogs in most cases are smarter than cats!!!