Is it possible for dogs to get lost and cats to find their way back home? Do cats have better memory and directional skills over dogs? If yes, why?
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On average they have very similar senses of direction. If they want to find home, they both can.
Dogs however are generally much more socialized to other people, and are used to being taken away from home regularly. This means that they are very easily distracted, and feel *much* safer being outside of their ‘territory’. They are more likely then to keep wandering until perhaps they are no longer sure where they are. They are also more likely to pursue other animals over longer distances and get lost during that process.
Additionally, at least in urban areas, unsupervised cats are extremely common and people rarely try to capture or interact with them. A loose dog is much more likely to get human attention, and that person might move them or distract them to the point of disorientation, and the dog then needs to be deliberately reunited with its family, even if it absolutely still knew the way home.
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