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[quote=Anonymous]I grew up with dogs in the country and as a young adult on my own, I got 2 dogs that I absolutely adored. They were my babies until I had real kids and then they were still my furbabies. They saw me through marriage, divorce, another marriage and 2 kids. The last few years of their lives were really hard. They were very old but lingered for a long time and needed a lot of care. When they both passed 8 years ago I was really, really sad. I still think about them nearly every day, mainly because I have photos of them in my house.

I didn’t want any pets for 2 years and then when I was ready my kids begged for cats. At first I resisted, I had never had cats and I was a “dog” person, not a cat person. Well they wore me down and we ended up rescuing 4 cats (2 sibling pairs). Honestly, in a lot of ways they are a lot like dogs but so much easier and less work.

They are good companions but no where as needy. You don’t have to take them outside to potty or on walks. As long as you give them an appropriate outlet for their needs (scratching, climbing) they are well behaved. I have lightly trained mine (no one wakes me up for food or scratches furniture or destroys anything) and it works out really well. They are also very funny and goofy things and they are sweet and affectionate with the kids too.

So I still love dogs and maybe I will consider another one some day (though when I think about the amount of work, I definitely hesitate) but in the meantime (and maybe permanently) cats really make ideal almost dog-like pets. [/quote]

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