On Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:35:44 -0500, Brooklyn1
> wrote:

>Dogs have no survival skills, none.

That would account for wild/feral dogs then.

>A six month old kitten dumped off at
>the side of the road here will easily survive in the woods, no dog of
>any age will last one night here. Actually a two month old kitten
>will survive because they are born with survival DNA, they already
>know to hunt food and know to avoid preditors. There are many feral
>cats here, not one feral dog.

'here' being the operative word.

>> Cats' tongues are rough. Few people would tolerate a cat licking
>>their face the way they let their dogs do :-(
>>
>
>My cats occasionally groom each other but they very rarely lick me.

Can you blame them? They don't know where you've been.

Lucy gets carried away when she starts licking my hand or arm, so much
so I usually have to make her stop.