I absolutely adore the three cats that own me. They have such unique and wonderful personalities. I love how excited they are to see me each morning, my dh thinks it's about the feeding, but I know it's really about me :-D . I love when they climb up onto my lap and nap, sometimes it is all three of them and it is a little tight, but we manage. They love that I have taken up quilting, and it is not just the wonderful fabric, batting, thread, and quilts, there are also the great boxes that the stuff is delivered in, oh how they adore a new box. DH has the job of the litter box cleaning, but I give the baths (usually those bath cloths from the pet store) and do the bi-weekly pedicures. We may get a dog when I retire, but right now it would be to much work for us and I don't really think the cats would approve.