My parents never wanted a dog, only cats so when I was little they told me that Dogs would bite you and cats wouldn't. We got the cat and one bit me. Imagine my surprise.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- My sister and I thought cats and dogs were the same animal, the dogs were male and the cats were female.— Paul
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.
- I use to believe that cats and dogs were the same species; cats were girls and dogs were boys.— poopcrystals
- i used to believe that cats were aliens and dogs wanted to dance with them and eat pie!— joah nacobs
- I used to believe that dogs ate cats.— Tom
- I used to believe dogs ate cats— LEADY