The biggest thing I can see between dogs and cats, is that I catch cats all year round on the farm with live traps. Roaming, killing, and shitting in my flowerbeds like it's cool. The very rare occasion I see a dog running loose, the poor bugger just seems to be lost and needs taken home. ( aggressive ones get the same treatment as the cats, don't pass go, don't collect $200)
YMMV, but those are the numbers I have to work with.