Eagles Over the Kennebec

Currently owned by two cats, and enjoying it (and them) immensely. But give me a big dog and I'll drool all over it. The golden retriever belonging to our cross-the-street neighbour knows that I have this special dog THING going, and that dog has loved me unreservedly since the day we met. If I go anywhere near him, he'll bounce up (he's elderly - he doesn't bounce for his own people!) and trot up to me retrieveing... something... anything... just something to bring me. We have an understanding, he and I. We love each other.

Cats are more self-sufficient - it's possible to leave a couple of cats for a weekend with someone dropping in periodically to make sure they have enough food and water and check the kitty litter. One can't abandon a dog in this manner. A dog goes with you, or goes into a care facility. And I don't currently have a fenced yard and while indoor cats are fine an indoor dog is not an option and i can't just "letit out", it would be two or three daily walks. I don't have the spoons for that right now, and I don't want a dog if I can't do right by that dog. So although I am devoted to dogs (and my totem animal is a wolf) I can love cats, and be loved by them. There's room in my heart for both.