• Jiggle_Physics@quokk.au
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    5 days ago

    I have seen some videos of intruders breaking in, or baby sitter abusing kids, and their cat straight go blender mode and fuck them up. Not saying it’s as reliable as a dog guarding, but I have seen quite a few instances of cats fucking people up for doing wrong.

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      4 days ago

      Also seen videos of dogs just being excited about a person being there. As with everything else it’s not a black and white thing.

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        4 days ago

        My brother drove into town at 3am the year I got my dog, I left the door unlocked for him. In the morning I found my dog asleep on him. Yeah, hell of a guard dog.

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      4 days ago

      cat bites and scratches are also more dangerous, because they nasty bacteria that gives very dangerous infections. dogs, not so much even if they bite.

      • FishFace@piefed.social
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        4 days ago

        The difference is significant but not enormous. Something like 15% of dog bites and 40% of cat bites become infected. Also almost all rabies infections are from dog bites, so the idea that “cat bites are more dangerous” is pretty misleading. I think most cat bite infections result in a mild bacterial infection that clears in a week or two.