I like both. We have a cat who's been in the family since I was four - she's now sixteen, has a paunch, and spends all day sunbathing - she still catches moles, though, and tries to catch pheasants. She used to catch starlings by jumping off the extension roof and snatching them out of the sky... And she was smart, she used to visit next door if she thought we hadn't fed her enough, and get food from them as well.
Our dog is very energetic - she's a border collie (although she doesn't look much like one; her legs are too short, giving her a distinct resemblance to a walking rug) and she knows the words "ball", "toy", "walk" and "cat" (amongst her vast and varied repertoire of other words guaranteed to send her into a frenzy, "see-ay-tee" being another one). So she's energetic at times - but then, she's equally content to just flake out under the kitchen table and sleep all day. (She knows the word "Grandma" as well, bizarrely - and who it refers to. She's a strange dog.)
Her sister was completely different (we had to send her away to be adoptedby someone else, though, as the breeder didn't tell us that one of the worst things you can do is adopt two bitches from the same litter - they'll be constantly at each others throats, competing for dominance). She was a very smart dog, we reckon, and she used to like to sit on the kitchen doorstep and watch the house martins. She was easy to walk, as well - we'd wander down to the field they held the market on saturdays, and just let her out - she'd chase seagulls and rooks and rabbits until she was tired, then come back. And she used to like playing ball, as well - she'd let her sister chase it most of the way and bring it most of the way back, then take it away from her when she got to within a few metres of you and present it to you herself, as if she'd been the one to chase it halfway across the field... ahh, memories...
So as you can't put a specific label on any animal - eg cats are lazy, dogs are stupid - I'd have to say I like both equally.
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