Are cats more intelligent than dogs?

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Are cats intelligent?

Many cat owners often say cats are too intelligent (or proud? Emotion: wink) to do those tricks that dogs usually do gladly. Others believe that cats are unintelligent because it's harder to train them. What opinion would you cling to and why?
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I have had both cats and dogs.. right now I only have two cats, my dog is over at my girlfriends house.. so he is now more or less hers. back to the question at hand. I would say that cats are more intellegent.. I base my opinion off the fact that I have spent hours moping and scrobbing mud off the walls of my house when Luther would come in from the rain.. and yet the both cats can stay clean.. without redecorating.. But I am highly biased towards cats anyway.. Emotion: zip it anyway my opinions are usually wrong.. but there's my two cents
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BusheeI base my opinion off the fact that I have spent hours moping and scrobbing mud off the walls of my house when Luther would come in from the rain..
LoL you made me laugh. Emotion: big smile Thanks for your opinion anyway! I'm also biased to cats but, generally, I try to think about dogs as if I had one... I guess dog owners could tell us a million of stories why dogs are more intelligent, hehe.
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There are smart cats as well as there are smart dogs, as well as there are smart humans... Emotion: stick out tongue
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I think being "trainable" doesn't show how smart the animal is, so I can't say which of the animal is more intelligent. I think dogs can do somethings cats can't and vice versa.
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Cats are much smarter!! Period! ^^
mainly cats..but it depends on the cat and the dog in question. i say mainly cats though as if there is a dog begging for food off someones plate he gets told to scram..while my cat sits and looks patiently and people cant resist to give him something XD
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I think it's the same as to ask, for exampple, who's more intelligent - men or women? Emotion: stick out tongue
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depends on what..maths science ect men no doubt in life in general women no women is stupid enough to look at other men while with a partner or to say yes your bum looks big in that Emotion: stick out tongue
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