But what does a dog do different/useful...?
It barks to be fed...to be taken for a pee...and then lays down on the floor and sleeps.
I mean...it's not like every dog is Rin TIn TIn...running to get help as the barn burns and you lie helpless on the floor.
i think most dogs are also useless as shit if you wanna talk about what they "do for you" besides being a pet, and a basic comfort in that regard.
Yeah...I know people too, who have cats that no one ever sees...even the owners rarely get to pet them or hang with them...totally useless...but that's the owners fault, same as with dogs. If you don't interact with the animal, they just withdraw into their own animal world, and you're just the dope that feeds them and opens the back door.
I know you've heard it before from other cat owners....but my two indoor cats are like total people cats....they offer up more amusement and entertainment than any sitcom on TV, and we have constant interaction when I'm home. They rarely just crawl off under the bed somewhere.
My young male cat is more playful than then dogs I had. I come home, and right away he goes and gets one of his small foam balls that he loves, puts it at my feet, and wants to play go fetch., I'm not kidding. I can throw that ball down the stairs for an hour...and he will keep running down to get it, brings it back up, and puts it down in front of me, and then looks up at me with that "C'mon, throw it again" look.
If I ignore him for a few minutes when he wants to play...he starts meowing at me...calling me to play.
The cats wake me up in the morning...they know when it's time....I can leave my alarm clock off.
The female cat likes to talk. She will meow all the time...not just mindlessly...she does it when she wants something, and it's a different sound depending what she wants. She also listens to me and will do basic things like coming over, or when I tell her to go...or step up somewhere.
We understand each other well after all these years.
They young male cat is still learning...and he's like a little wise guy...likes to play tag with me, to see if I can catch him.