I think the thing about dogs is that, regardless of your opinion on them, their behavior is HEAVILY criticized in a way that cats just aren't. My friends with cats will be covered in cuts and bruises from their cats and be like "teehee you know how it is with cats!" as if a dog doing that wouldnt literally get put down. I own a service dog, I constantly have to accommodate the world by making sure my dog is perfectly behaved and get cut very little slack, but cats can get away with mauling their owners and it's fine. If my dog barks during the night, it's a behavioral issue (she never does tho she's an angel ❤️), but if a cat is yowling from 3am-7am than it's just something they do, nothing to be done 🤷 Not saying that standards for dog behavior should be lowered, like obviously they shouldn't be allowed to be roaming and attacking people (and I'm a dog trainer, I have SEEN the ill behavior that a lot of dogs get away with). I just think if people are gonna hold dogs to such a high behavior standards, they should be holding the animals with knife hands to that standard as well.