> Cats are not domesticated in the same way dogs are. There is a wide genetic variance in cats, coming from hundreds or thousands of local strains. Dogs are two

> Cats are not domesticated in the same way dogs are. There is a wide genetic variance in cats, coming from hundreds or thousands of local strains. Dogs are two or three main groups, bred over 1000's of years to make the kinds we see today. Also, count in the fact that dogs (and formerly wolves) were living in packs, but cats did not, and this is still in their genes. Dogs are used to, and more willing to obey someone considered the pack leader, while cats retained most of loner traits even after domestication.