CATS are Neat

I love my kitty cats. The dog, well...not really the same, now, is it? Here's why I like cats:

• They use a bathroom just like we do, and it's out of sight until you clean it up (and you don't have to worry about stepping in it when you go to check on your flowers.)


• They clean themselves (no tub-wrestling and hair-clogged drain-cleaning required.)


• They do what they want (cattitude.)


• They love who they want to, and it's not everyone. (And if you're one of the chosen, it's that much more special.)


• They keep you company without getting in your way. (My little cat Jeri likes to watch me sweep the kitchen floor from a perch on the seat of a kitchen chair under the kitchen table, while the 80+ pound dog likes to sit on my feet and/or try to bite the vacuum cleaner with each push.)


• They're slyly mischievous, without causing any real harm. (i.e, the dog chews up a pack of crayons on the living room rug while the cat sneaks up onto the dresser to watch the fish in their tank.)


• They are soft and small and never smell bad. (Great for napping with!)


• They do not require regular trips back and forth during House or Bones or the middle of supper to let them outside.


• They require minimal amounts of routine maintenance (fill the food and water dishes once a day, vaccines every other year, as opposed to Heartgard monthly, claw clippings, fill the water 8 times a day, food twice a day at pre-determined times, etc, etc.)


• They do not cause a ruckus when the doorbell rings.


• They're tongues feel neat when they lick you, and you don't have drool dripping off you afterwards.

Well, I could go on, but the dog needs his breakfast

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