You’re either a cat person (and my kind of human being) or a dog person (and probably not).
No doubt if I google it I’ll be able to find out what a cat person is and what constitutes a dog person.
Equally there’s bound to be some kerching mug, plate or tea towel saying why dogs are better than men and also cats. In fact I know there are.
Now don’t get me wrong I love dogs (most of them) but it’s just their owners.
Let me kick off with their extendable leads.
What was wrong with the small leads? They didn’t stretch far enough I hear dog owners scream.
But then what are you meant to do when you’re walking along the pavement?
Minding your own business, and you get your way blocked by Fido or Rover?
You’re forced into the road where you step on Fido’s do-dos.
OK, there’s less of that now, but the sight of dog owners earnestly and smugly gathering their pet’s poo in an outpoured plastic bag (and don’t get me going on plastic bags).
Or using that pooper scooper.
Cat’s litter
I mean why can’t they do like cats and do it in a tray or in someone else’s flower bed (I know I do, the last bit anyway, or at least I used to as a student).
And then you can’t get past two dog owners who meet in the middle of the pavement and start pawing each other’s pets.
And again you never get that with cats.
I was reminded of cats’ superior place in God’s choir by an old pal and fellow felinophile.
He was responding to my recent review on Istanbul by lauding the Turks, not least for their love of cats.
Bazaar cats
And yes, I was taken by the cats sprawling over the book stalls in the Grand Bazaar…
Something you definitely wouldn’t want a mangy old dog doing.
Join me in celebrating our furry friends and Turkey https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/wham-bam-thank-you-hamam/. And here’s where to find out more about Turkey https://www.goturkeytourism.com.
In fact I’d say that in my travels my best animal experiences have been with cats.
There were the cats that joined me on the Camino https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/camino-a-pilgrims-prayer/ and the Via Francigena https://jimmurtytraveltraveltravel.com/small-roads-lead-to-rome/. http://www.caminoways.com and http://www.FrancigenaWays.com.
Doggone it!
Although I will give the dog who photobombed my pic of a Camino cross by piddling on it an A+.
Although I doubt it would have helped him getting to doggie heaven.
And, of course, I’ll always purr at the memory of our beloved First Born, our cheeky, too brave for his own good tabby Celtic.
He incurred the wrath of a particularly menacing crow – I think he was eyeing up her baby bird.
But the most majestic of all animals are the big cats and I will treasure getting this close to these pussycats on safari in the East Cape in South Africa.
MEEOW!
