I used to believe that all cats were dogs and all dogs were boys. Imagine my surprise when I found out that my neighbors dog was a girl.
A childhood belief about cats and dogs

others believed things like this
- I use to believe that cats and dogs were the same species; cats were girls and dogs were boys.— poopcrystals
- I used to believe all dogs were male and all cats were female. I still call dogs "boy" and cats "girl." — Kelly F.
- When I was a little girl, I believed that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. :)— Mary Ellen
- 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 that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys.— jordan
- I used to think that all cats were girls and all dogs were boys. — trav