dogs have masters, cats have staff
English
Proverb
dogs have masters, cats have staff
- (humorous) A dog will always aim to please and display loyalty to its owner, whereas a cat will always seek to be served and obeyed.
- 2002, Jeffrey Moussaieff Masson, The Nine Emotional Lives of Cats A Journey Into the Feline Heart:
- Somebody once quipped that only dogs have masters; cats have staff!
- 2003, Nancy Pearl, Book Lust - Recommended Reading for Every Mood, Moment, and Reason:
- Sneaky Pie Brown, coauthor with Rita Mae Brown of a series of mysteries (including Catch as Cat Can and Claws and Effect), once opined, "Dogs have masters, cats have staff."
- 2007, Cindy Adams, Living a Dog's Life, Jazzy, Juicy, and Me:
- It was suggsted I get a cat. This was not for me. Dogs have masters, cats have staff.
- 2015, Sara Munson Deats, Conrad Gordon Deats, Cats I Have Loved:
- A wit once joked, "Dogs have masters, cats have staff." This adage aptly described Loki, but certainly neither Sheba nor Tinker.