Most pet owners find it is easier to train their dogs than their cats. Although dogs can be stubborn, too, the dog's history as a pack animal makes it more likely to behave cooperatively. Much dog training focuses on getting your pooch to see you as the leader of the "pack" and striving to gain your acceptance and approval. By contrast, cats are solitary hunters that don't have the same need for your approval as a dog does. Cats are often extremely loving and affectionate, but their emotional relationship to humans is different than that of the unquestioning subservience a dog manifests. To a pack animal like a dog, subservience to the leader is an important survival tactic. Your cat, on the other hand, sees obeying your commands as optional.