WHY DOGS ARE
BETTER THAN CATS
Hello
everybody! Nope, you don’t have the
wrong blog. Auntie Chuckles has
graciously invited me to her blog today and said I could talk about ANYTHING I
want. Since I know both she and Mom like
to read a lot, I’d thought I’d share with you why dogs are better than cats and
then show you the books that prove it.
Please note no cats were harmed in the making of his post.
When you go out in the car, dogs are more than
happy to accompany you. If cats go, you
have to contain them somehow. I mean really, have you ever seen a cat
riding with its head hanging out the window and said to yourself “What a cute
cat, hope it doesn’t jump out.” Wait,
maybe only Mom says the hope you don’t jump out part – and mainly to my brother
Cassius. Case in point, Jake from the
Repo Man series. Now Jake is not your
most active dog, he is a Basset Hound of course, but he loves to ride places
with Ruddy as he goes around solving mysteries and generally trying to keep
himself out of trouble. Mom loves this adult mystery series and is anxiously
awaiting the next one.
Dogs
can help you meet new people and make new friends. Come on guys, how many cities are trying to
get extra funding to build “cat parks.”
Dog parks are great places for both dogs and their owners to meet new
friends and dogs are even awesome wingmen.
Mom is reading this non-fiction book right now by a famous author who
shares all of the things he’s learned from his first dog. There is a whole chapter on how when he started
walking his new girlfriend’s dog, he suddenly became a chick-magnet. Now Dad wouldn’t do that to Mom but all you
single people out there take note. On
the flip side of that though, there are plenty of non-pet people out there and
if you happen to meet up with some, you should probably read “Step Dog” so you
know how to handle it.
Dogs
can help you stay physically active. Have you seen our sad puppy eyes in
action? I’m able to convince Mom and Dad
to walk me even when they think they can’t take a step more. Plus, when it’s cold outside, they have to
come up with creative ways to keep me entertained inside which usually boils
down to a good game of keep-away.
Smooshie always keeps her mom Lily on the move in one of Mom’s favorite
new series. Whether she is wanting to go
for walks in the snow or rain, having to use the bathroom in the middle of the
night, or digging bones out of the walls of her Mom’s new home, there is
definitely little rest for Lily. Plus,
she is my brother Cassius’ new “book girlfriend” so I think she deserves a
mention.
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Dogs
will often tilt their heads with a cute look of amazement and listen to every
word their owner says while cats tend to walk off and ignore their owners. That’s probably why we much such great
sidekicks in books. Mom is rapidly
collecting the books in something called “The Iron Druid Chronicles” which
center around an ancient wizard in modern times and his best pal, Oberon. Oberon is my kind of dog – he’s smart, he
loves sausages and he has his own Twitter account (come on Mom, take a hint!)
Auntie Chuckles assures us we’ll love this series and we are sure she is
right. And don’t even get me started on
cozy mysteries. Mom searches far and
wide for cozy mysteries which feature dogs but there are cats EVERYWHERE in
that genre! Where is the love people???
I know Mom reads some with cats in them.
She thinks she’s hiding it from me but I see the blog posts and her
“Don’t tell Booker T and Cassius” comments.
Here’s one of her favorite new discoveries which just happen to feature
pups.
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Finally,
the saying goes “Dogs are man’s best friend” and doesn’t mention cats for a
reason. Dogs are
loyal and great companionship. And not
only do people rescue dogs (well, at least the good people), dogs rescue
people. It happens all the time in Lucy
Dillon’s books. There really are no such
things as bad dogs, only bad owners.
Case in point, he-who-remains-unnamed (and I’m not talking Voldemort, I
mean Michael Vick). Mom can’t stand the
guy and proudly displays this book in our home to show everyone how dogs
sometimes get a bad rap.
So there you have it - some of my ideas on why dogs are much better
than cats. Now I feel it’s important to
note that Mom reads a lot of different genres and horror is one of her favorite
but Cujo gives me nightmares so I left it out.
You can find more of her reviews and thoughts over at Booker T’s
Farm. Maybe next time, Dad will help me
with a guest post (I do have trouble typing without human assistance you know)
and we can do one about how I’m prepared for the Zombie Apocalypse. Many people don’t know it but my blog, Booker
T’s Farm, is a nod to Hershel’s farm on The Walking Dead.
Thanks again Auntie Chuckles for letting me stop
by. I’m sending lots of doggy hugs and
kisses your way. And Cass says to tell
you if you need to keep cats out of your garden this summer, he’ll grab a plane
ticket and be on his way! I’m retired and focusing on my blogging full-time
now.
Thank you for joining us Booker T...! There is no doubt in my mind that dogs beat cats any day and twice on Sundays! And I might just take your brother up on his offer. I think the local cats deserve The Cassius Treatment!
Thank you for joining us Booker T...! There is no doubt in my mind that dogs beat cats any day and twice on Sundays! And I might just take your brother up on his offer. I think the local cats deserve The Cassius Treatment!
Catch up with Booker T and his brother Cassius along with his mom over at: http://bookertsfarm.blogspot.co.uk
