I have cats, 20 outside (barn) cats and one indoor, 5 dogs. !3 parrots. I will take the parrots every time right after the cat. Cat is easiest to care for, parrots are messiests and most entertaining and they can carry on a conversation. Dogs get into trash, eat food you forget to put away (the great dane can reach most anything he wants), have accidents on the floor. Get the idea today has started out as a bad dog day? LOL As much as I lov emy grown kids, I find any animal easier to deal with, they do not talk back. Well, maybe the birds do but you usually win.