{"id":2203,"date":"2008-10-29T09:34:42","date_gmt":"2008-10-29T14:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/petpundit.com\/?p=102"},"modified":"2021-12-21T13:47:04","modified_gmt":"2021-12-21T19:47:04","slug":"the-truth-about-cat-people-and-dog-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/blog\/2008\/10\/29\/the-truth-about-cat-people-and-dog-people\/","title":{"rendered":"The truth about cat people and dog people"},"content":{"rendered":"
Among the many burning questions\u00a0that perplex our society today, none is more debated in low whispering voices than whether or not you are a dog or cat person.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Cat people claim to love the independent nature of their pets, while dog people go with the loyalty factor as a reason for their partiality. Cat people hold felines in the highest regard, while dog people talk to their canines like trusted friends.<\/p>\n But fondness towards one pet over another seems to go even deeper than personal preferences. New research shows that cat and dog people really are different — in marital status, economic standing, and in their willingness to provide veterinary care, among other things.<\/p>\n The American Veterinary Medical Association released their 2007 U.S. Pet Ownership and Demographic Sourcebook this month, which shows some interesting differences between dog and cat owners.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marital Status<\/strong> Economic Standing<\/strong> Veterinary Care<\/strong> As for what is America’s favorite pet,<\/strong> it depends on how you interpret the data.<\/p>\n The AVMA conducts surveys of pet owners every five years, and publishes the results in the U.S. Pet Ownership and Demographic Sourcebook.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Among the many burning questions\u00a0that perplex our society today, none is more debated in low whispering voices than whether or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,51],"tags":[55,56,57,44,58,59,40,60],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2203"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2203\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2203"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2203"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cathyrosenthal.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2203"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nIn the 2007 edition, the image of a dog as a family pet is shown to be true: Single people are more attracted to cat ownership, while dog owners tend to be married with children.<\/p>\n\n
\nWhen it comes to home ownership, home owners are 1.6 times more likely to have a pet than people who rent and that pet is most likely to be a dog.<\/p>\n\n
\nWhen it comes to veterinary care, the AVMA Sourcebook notes that dog owners are more likely than cat owners to seek veterinary care. \u201cThey spend less, and this divide seems to be growing,” says James Flanigan, head of marketing at the American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA). That\u2019s not good news for cats, who often suffer a second class status.<\/p>\n\n
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