A dog is a superior pet to have then a cat.

Though I am opininated, I at least have reliable proof and sources that back up my perspectives. You on the other hand don't.Refutations "For the first argument, I was mainly talking about how a cat can help deal with anxiety.It has been proven that even petting a cat can lower one's blood pressure and help calm them, but in the case of being active, you are the one who is not correct." There is no proof supporting this. Furthermore, even if they can calm people down, I have already demonstrated that dogs are more effective in doing so."If you ask any veterinarian, they would tell you that it's imperative for a cat to stay active and have regular movement. " Interresting remark, however false, and no proof. Because of my interrest in this topic, I actually took the time to visit my local vet. He explained how though a cat does need excersice, it is not required to be active regulary. He explained how cats need much less activity than dogs, so it is not very important to keep them active daily. "Not all cats are "less active".Some cats leave their homes for a while, go hunting, or take a stroll around the neiborhood before they return home. " Did I say cats are less active? No I didn't. I explained how with a dog, they keep themselves and their owners active. Notice how my cats said some cats. For dogs, they all require physical activity, so this help both them and their owners healthy, since an owner is required to walk their dog."When you think about that, you can imagine that the cat would actually be more active than the dog lying on the groung at home! Also, cats are much more active at dawn, dusk, and night. In the case that "walking a dog can make you more active" that is true, but it is not like you need a dog to walk, they just happen to be an excuse for walking, so I do not think that "being active" should even concern pets." My opponent obviously has no understanding whatsoever of what a dog needs. Dogs need activity, and are required to walk. Why? It is a dogs instinct. Like a fish needs to swim, and a bird needs to fly, dogs need to walk. [1] It provides social activity with other dogs, excerise and potty time. As your walking your dog, he gets the important chance to mark his territory, and observe how it has changed. Not walking your dog will make him unhealthy, and possibly lead to illness, and death. Even if the cat is more active, it doesn't matter (cats aren't more active either way, as I have already proven). With a dog, you are constantly being active alongside him. With a cat, the majority of the time they walk in the neighbourhood alone without you, I knowing this since I have both a dog, a cat and a parakeet. I always walk with my dog, because it is essential. My cat usually leaves me, and goes around and comes back later, leaving dead animals on my hard wood floor. Though I love my cat, my dog provides mroe benefits, and is a superior pet."Let me ask you a question concerning argument 2: Do you even own a cat?"Yes." You say that it is easy taking care of your dog, but can you really compare anything when you only own a dog? I happen to have 3 cats and one dog and let me tell you, all three cats are easier to take care of than my one dog!!! "I for one have a dog, a cat and a parakeet. You only have cats, so you have no idea how to take care of a dog. Sure, a cat is easier, but a dog requires more time, more responsibility. This helped me a lot in my small life. Dogs require mroe work, and therefore building more character. So as you can see, having a dog would help much more than an easy to care for cat."If anyone is the opinionated one, it is you! " Yes, however I have proof with my arguments, you don't. Your sources are unreliable." As for training, it is true that you can train a dog to do certain things, but you can just as well do that with a cat too!" Yes, but tricks are specialised for dogs. Cats don't need tricks, dogs do, to keep active while they aren't walking. And let me ask you this, have you ever seen a cat role over, play dead, and do a back flip? I think not. My dog can do all of these things. My parakeet can try, but he isn't very good."You keep saying that "it is easier to train a dog but hard to train a cat" but that is not true! The truth is that cats are just as good at learning as dogs are, so it is possible to train them, even though only few people do. This is partly because the cat"s traditional function, hunting and killing vermin, comes naturally to them, and they are actually more successful at this when left to their own instincts. Untrained dogs, on the other hand, are more of a hindrance than a help. Source: http://www.scienceaddict.com...; Having dead vermin in your house is much worst than having to train a dog. Training a dog, you improve character, and remain healthy. Voters, please notice my opponent's source. It is unreliable, if you look at the source he used. If you search up his source, it has nothing to do with cats, nor dogs, making the source my opponent used unreliable, and possibly completly false.I am running out of space, so I will no longer quote my opponent's arguments. For her next argument, I have already proven a dog's brain is more developped, thus smarter. Her refutation is another way of copy pasting from this source, with barely any difference: http://parade.condenast.com...What the website said: " scientists at Kyoto University in Japan pitted a chimp named Ayumu against humans in the task of remembering strings of random numbers flashed on a screen. The chimp won."What my opponent said: " scientists at Kyoto University in Japan pitted a chimp against humans in the task of remembering strings of random numbers flashed on a screen. The chimp won."Exactly the same! Not only has my opponent commited an act of plagarism, something that is also against the rules, thus the 7 point deduction, but I have already proved this source is unreliable. For her last argument, there is an obvious answer. You see, sure a dog can ruin a house, and so can a cat. But a dog is naturally more obedieny, thus capable of being trained in order not to do that. A cat is incapable of being trained, thus making it very difficult to get it to stop destroying the house.For her conclusion, I have proved all my points, wheareas she proved absolutly nothing. She has no proof supporting that a cat is more calm, she only states a hasty generilization. That's like me saying taller people are better at basketball because they're tall. I have proved my points, and backed them up by sources, my opponent backed theirs up by personal opinion.And even if she ignores the deductions, she will still experiance them, weather she likes it or not. So it doesn't matter. Read the rules before you accept a debate.In conclusion, I have proved dogs help with health, have more develloped brains, and improve responsibility. Furthermore, a cat can be just as dangerous as a dog. My opponent presented no valid argument, and onbly used personal opinion, with no valid sources, as I have proved. She was unable to prove any valid argument to which why having a cat is supeior.Voting tips I saw the user "otakujordan" do this, so I wanted to try to. These are tips on why it is obvious who you should vote for.First of all, my opponent brok 2 rules, she commited an act of plagarism, and did not start with her opening statements. This is an automatic 7 point deduction, as she has agreed upon. The rules only applied to her, in order to make the debate fair.Even without the deduction, it is still obvious that I should get full 7 points.Conduct: My opponent accused me of not having a pet, and commited an act of plagiarism. Obvious points to pro.S&G: My opponent over uses punctuation, as you can see when the end of her sentances are "!!!!!". Obvious points to pro.Arguments: My opponent presented to valid arguments, whereas I have presented over 3. I have used eveidence, she has used personal opinion. Obvious points to pro.Sources: My sources come from actual pet experts, whereas hers come from biased sources. These sources also had no evidence, as you can see when you see the sources the bloggers used. Obvious points to pro. Please remember the 7 point deduction voters, because she broke not 1, but 2 rules. And even without the rules, it was still a clear win on my part. The resolution is upheldSource:http://www.pedigree.com... s://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com...; alt="" />