A dog hunt directly, and when it catches its prey, it kills it immediately. A cat, on the other hand, likes to play with its food, tease it is another way someone described a cat hunting. For example, when a cat sees a mouse, it will pounce on it, then usually claw or bite it, then let it go. It will then pounce on it again, and let it go. Cats will do this for about a half hour before it finally eats its prey. Another difference is their paws and claws. While both of their paws are padded, cats are padded so that they can be stealthy. Their claws are different in the area of sharpness, among other things. Another difference in claws is that cats are retractable, while a dog’s aren’t. For example, when a dog is born, its claws are sharp, but since they are not retractable, they get ground down so they aren’t sharp any more. A cat, on the other hand, is born with sharp claws, but they are kept inside until they are needed, there by making it so they don’t get dull by just walking, like a dog’s claws do. Another difference is their tongues. What I mean is that while they both have tongues, a cat’s tongue has little barbs, or hooks, that are used to get every last bit of meat off of a bone. So a cat can just lick a bone, and the meat will come off. A dog doesn’t have barbs on its tongue; a dog uses its tongue to sweat. Have you ever wondered why on a hot summer day a dog usually has its tongue hanging out? Well the reason is that it is just sweating.
Those are the many differences and similarities between the most popular household pets, dogs and cats.