Because they're pawesome? Because they're furrocious? Because they're impurressive? Because they umm... Have nine lives?
I googled it too. Apparently, there is a Portuguese idiom about it: Quem não tem cão caça com gato. Literal translation: “He who doesn’t have a dog hunts with a cat.”
Because they're furrocious?
Because they're impurressive?
Because they umm... Have nine lives?