Recently I learned the difference between dogs and cats in an interesting way: if you praise a dog for its efforts in a game it will be greatly encouraged. It will work all the harder in order to receive further praise as a reward. It is happy.
Its behavior conveys the message: “My owner loves me. He/she is my god!” On the other hand if you praise and caress a cat, it will purr with pleasure, stretch and think: “My owner loves me. I believe I am god!” And then the cat does exactly what it wants.

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