Growing up I’ve had dogs, cats, mice, ferrets, turtles, fish, tadpoles… the list goes on. When I was young, I was the dog person, my older sister the cat person. I don’t know why; I guess it was just decided, the same way that, when getting dolls as presents, my sister usually got Caucasian dolls, and I got African American ones. o_O
Over time, though, I’ve definitely grown to be a cat person. I love dogs, but not all dogs. Certain small dogs with their incessant yapping annoys me; however, I tend to get angry at the owners for that, not the dogs themselves, since it’s the owners who let their dogs yap all the time.
Cats are smaller without making annoying, ear-piercing noises, they’re fuzzy and soft, without a bad “animal” smell (at least all my cats have been), and they can sleep with you without taking up the entire bed.
I’d like to have both cats and dogs when I have my own house and family, but I simply cannot see myself without a cat in my life.