You know that hateing cats is a banable offence here?
*hating, *bannable
to all the cat haters... not everyone wants a dog up their ass 24/7, and not everyone needs a pet to 'protect' them. Cats are very useful, and do many things dogs don't do unless trained, such as bringing animals back to the house, squirrels, rabbits I've had brought back, all good eatin'!
As for using the bathroom on command, what use is that? My cat is independent enough and smart enough to go when he needs to go, in his own litter box... without me having to say a word to him. I guess if you want to spend all that time training your dog to act as a cat does naturally then by all means go for it. But for those of us who want a mature, smart animal "right out of the box"... we go with cats.
That being said, I love dogs just as much as a cat... I'll be finding a Mastiff once I get back to Alaska, they're great for outdoorsy types especially in bear country as they'll pretty much scare anything away except a pack of wolves... but then that's what a shotgun is for!