Perhaps Tolkien was just one of those people (Myself included) who just prefer dogs to cats.
A lot of people just think that there is a reason why dogs and not cats have been given the title "Mans best friend". Take the Scottish comedian Billy Connelly for example
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Any animal that stays when you move house is a bastard and dosen't deserve feeding
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Now I wopn't begin to slag cats ut I just dont see how ye can't realise the apart freom look cute and torment mice (Dogs are infact better at catching vermin, perhaps because they kill one when they find it rather than play with it for an hour and a half) cats do absolutely nothing