I prefer cats. So, that said, I have to admit I like dogs as well.
I had never had any pets, but many friends of mine have dogs and cats, so I have much contact with them.
Dogs are intelligent, and loyal and playfull, to someone who's good for them. But they are also good to people who aren't good to them. What do I have a conclusion of this: Dogs have a lack of selfconfidence. After they had one time a "partner", they will never accept another one.
Cats, however, do things on their one, and stand for me as freedom: they have the freedom to eat, sleap, go out, do anything without permission from others. Cats are, altough many people don't know, salso loyal. When a cat can chose between someone he knows, and someone he doesn't know, he will most likely chose for the first one. Not only because they are "normal" but also because they like them.
Final conclusion: I like cats more, because they have in opposite to dogs more selfconfidence. I don't say dogs are stupid, and I like them too, but the lack of this "selfconfidence" bothers me a bit...
Sincerely, Empoleon-111