Cat vs Dog Personality: Human Psychology! :P

 

Okk.. People who know me know pretty well how fond I'm of pets.. But recently I've been thinking that having experience with pets can be helpful in dealing with people with different personalities around you. Quite interestingly, many psychologists also believe that people who own pets tend to be more caring and tactical at the same time! :O

Well, I grew up in a house and in a family where I had the opportunity to have both cats and dogs as pets and unlike popular beliefs that the two species cant co-exist, my dog and my Mum's kitties(i say Mum's kitties because she's the one who started the 'cat zoo' at our place! -__-) were pretty much on good terms(so much so that they ate from the same plate! O_O).. My experience with the two species one day led me to believe that these pets were no different from some of the people we meet in our day-to-day life and that their behavioral characteristics are quite similar..

Ask any dog owner and they'll tell you that when you get a dog, its better not to leave it alone in the initial few days.. Dogs love to stay in pack.. And hence, leaving them alone after bringing them to a new place distresses them.. So, its always advisable to play with them and keep them company.. Dogs love attention and tend to feel low when people ignore them or dont play with them.. Their emotional display is always in the extremes.. They're either too delighted, jumping around or just slouching looking uninterested, bored and sulking in a corner of the room.. 

Now, dogs are like those social butterflies you know from your real life.. Their whole life revolves around socializing and hence the moment they are left alone, they tend to go into depression and feel lonely.. People with dog personalities are usually the heart of any party.. You'll always find them surrounded by people, entertaining them and making sure that both they as well as their peers are having a good time.. They are very helpful by nature but tend to be very emotional.. Their need to socialize and be in the 'accepted' group often gets the better of them and as a result, these people are also equally prone to be influenced by bad company.. People with dog personality are very possessive and wont hesitate to demonstrate how important you are to them.. Heck! They'd even sacrifice themselves on the altar of embarrassment to impress you..

Cats, unlike dogs are not social.. They are loners and survivors.. They are alert and dont easily trust anyone.. People who've had cats as pet know its very difficult to establish an immediate rapport with it.. It usually starts with keeping a bowl of milk in its sight and leaving the place so that it can drink it peacefully(never try to even touch the cat when its drinking milk in the first few days of knowing it!).. Once you do this exercise for a few days, the cat realizes that you have not intention of harming it and so now it approaches you whenever you come with the bowl of milk.. It no longer bothers the cat even if you stand there watching while it finishes the milk.. Slowly and steadily, the cat starts trusting you and if it sees you sitting around alone, it'll come to you, rub itself against you and purr.. This indicates that the cat is now in love with you and you can pat it to your heart's content! :D 

People with cat personalities tend to be shy and reserved. They dont like being in the lime-light and prefer being alone.. They are not emo, they just believe in having less yet meaningful relationships with the people in the outside world.. They are usually highly creative and their 'alone time' gives them the freedom to study things around them and give it their own new interpretation.. They are highly reliable but cunning at the same time.. They literally have the ability to read people's mind and so mind games dont work on them.. They usually dont like to argue or fight, however, they're fiercely protective of the people who are close to them and have fine sense of justice.. They're possessive and will treasure you forever but will never let you know that you're their weakness..

So,are you a cat or a dog? ;))