As the cherub is to the angel, so the cat is to the tiger.

Dogs who chase cars evidently see them as large, unruly ungulates badly in need of discipline and shepherding.

As the cherub is to the angel, so the cat is to the tiger.

We recognize caste in dogs because we rank ourselves by the familiar dog system, a ladderlike social arrangement wherein one individual outranks all others, the next outranks all but the first, and so on down the hierarchy. But the cat system is more like a wheel, with a high-ranking cat at the hub and the others arranged around the rim, all reluctantly acknowledging the superiority of the despot but not necessarily measuring themselves against one another.

In the past even scientists have been led to believe that only human beings have thoughts or emotions. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth... After all, thoughts and emotions have evolutionary value.

What do dogs want? They want each other. Human beings are merely a cynomorphic substitute.

In truth, most of us don't know our cats.