I love cats but not the mess; aquired 2 when my daughter decided that her husband was allergic, both gone now from Feline ( type 2) Diabeties... how can that happen? One, the Male was a lover, the other, his sister, meaner than snot, infact she was so mean my daughter named her Trigger, as in hair pin trigger, that cat scratched , bit , and hissed at me every day for 11 years, I was strangly sad when she died... As far as dogs I love them also. I've had rescued Greyhounds for the last 10 years. you can't get a better dog! no barking, no shedding, smell clean, big dog without the agressive nature... lay on the couch and eat cookies, silly looking things. Not too good if you need a guard dog though.