What kind of "Family" are you?

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Since I’m home recovering, I watched my favorite episode of X Files today, Audrey Pauley, in which Monica tells John Doggett that he isn’t a cat person, he’s a dog person.

Well, I think that’s a fun question to apply to families–what kind of Family are you and why?
 
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Since I’m home recovering, I watched my favorite episode of X Files today, Audrey Pauley, in which Monica tells John Doggett that he isn’t a cat person, he’s a dog person.

Well, I think that’s a fun question to apply to families–what kind of Family are you and why?
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We were a cat family, then the cat died. Then we were a dog family, then the dog died. Now there are the two of us trying to decide if we should become a cat or dog family again, but rather enjoying life without the kids and dog and cat hair.😉
 
We are dog people, although many people argue that. Our dog weighs seven pounds, so I have had people argue that we are guinea pig people. 😃 But she’s very sweet. She chases squirrels just like a real dog and everything. 😛
 
Definitely a cat family here. And it is very nice of the cats to let me live with them. And feed them. And clean their litter. And buy their toys. And let them sleep all day . . . and all night . . . And chase invisible beings in the middle of the night. Yep, real nice of them . . .
 
We are a total zoo! 17 hens, 2 roosters (anyone want one?) 7 cats, 4 dogs, 3 horses, fish, and 3 little boys. Anyone top that? 😃
 
We’re cat people. Like IrishAm, we feel privileged to live in the company of cats. We are happy to be their slaves. And in exchange for all of our time and money, they amuse by occasionally chasing their tail or batting at a laser pointer. And they’re great lap-warmers in the winter. Sounds like a fair exchange to me.
 
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We’re cat people. Like IrishAm, we feel privileged to live in the company of cats. We are happy to be their slaves. And in exchange for all of our time and money, they amuse by occasionally chasing their tail or batting at a laser pointer. And they’re great lap-warmers in the winter. Sounds like a fair exchange to me.
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Cats are definately great “portable heaters”. Last night I was sick and my fever had me FREEZING!!! A baby on my chest and 3 cats on my legs did the trick!
 
Cat said:
We’re cat people. Like IrishAm, we feel privileged to live in the company of cats. We are happy to be their slaves. And in exchange for all of our time and money, they amuse by occasionally chasing their tail or batting at a laser pointer. And they’re great lap-warmers in the winter. Sounds like a fair exchange to me.
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Cat, as soon as I read your post, I thought of Zooey’s sig: “servant of feline forces.” :rotfl:

I hope that she’ll see this thread. 🙂
 
God did not give us babies, he gave us kitties, and an apostolate. 😃

We are totally cat people. I had a dog before, loved her to death, but they are too much work. My mom has six cats (she is in a HUGE house), her mother had cats, and surely her mother before her. So I come from a long line of cat people.

~Liza
 
Ganyssa said:
We are dog people, although many people argue that. Our dog weighs seven pounds, so I have had people argue that we are guinea pig people. 😃 But she’s very sweet. She chases squirrels just like a real dog and everything. 😛
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Of course your dog is a real dog at seven pounds!

We have had three dogs in 25 years. The last one was called by my husband, “the dog of a lifetime.” She lived to be 16-1/2. We lost her last August. “It is better to have loved and lost, than never to have loved at all.” She weighed close to 30 pounds and we were forever picking her up, especially in her last two years of life when she was ill and fragile. We are not yet ready, but my husband says our next dog will weigh less than 10 pounds. He has spoken.🙂 “And the Lord God made them all.”
 
We are a family of 5 with a dog and 2 cats. Our Buddy is a daft lab mix with a good heart, a moody gray cat named Charlie, and a kitten named Theophilus who thinks he needs to perch on your shoulder to be really close to you. The vet called the kitten nuts the first time we took him in. He doesn’t have a sense of personal space or impulse control, but he is a sweetie anyway! 😃 The kids love all of them!!
 
We’re a rodent family.

Before the kids there were the guinea pigs – unfortunately I’m seriously allergic and Dad ended up with them. Getting them home was an adventure: picture two adults and three guinea pigs in a 1975 Austin Mini in December travelling home to New Brunswick from Toronto. Hiding guinea pigs in your jacket to go into restaurants because leaving them in a cold car was just not right. Picture trying to breathe.

Cats came next and a dog or two. By the time DD came along we only had the cats but a move to wheat country a few years later made cats impossible to have, I’m allergic to both cats and wheat dust. One or the other I could live with but both, nooooooo!

Next posting was to PEI and I went out for coffee one morning and returned with Arnold, a hooded rat. Now, I’d had rats as a teenager and knew what great pets they were but the other 4 went EEWWWW, A RAT!! “He’s mine,” says I. “You don’t even have to look at him, if you don’t want to.” He wrapped them around his little hand in no time and whenever we lost him in the evening we could usually find him curled up between DD’s cheek and her 'Wrinkles".

We’ve had 15 since Arnold, of all colours and temperaments. All with different personalities but I must admit, none as fun as Arnold, who would plunk himself down in the middle of my newspaper if I was sprawled on the floor reading. He would come and steal popcorn right out of the bowl if the kids were sitting on the floor watching TV. (Yes, we did have furniture. :p) He’d jump and curl up in the crook of DH’s arm when he was snoozing on the couch.

We’re ratless now because the kids are all gone and we like to take off on the spur of the moment. Funny how hard it is to get someone to rat-sit.
 
Your dog is 7 pounds?? My 25lbs pounds of pure cat fur could kill yours if he set on it. Of course he would actually have to want to get up.

Cat person here. I have two and one is actually sleeping next to me at the moment. She was upset that last night i pulled and all nighter for school and we didn’t go to sleep at their normal bed time. Poor Babies.
 
beckers said:
Your dog is 7 pounds?? My 25lbs pounds of pure cat fur could kill yours if he set on it. Of course he would actually have to want to get up.

Cat person here. I have two and one is actually sleeping next to me at the moment. She was upset that last night i pulled and all nighter for school and we didn’t go to sleep at their normal bed time. Poor Babies.
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You have a 25 pound cat?? Wow, that’s something else! I thought my kitty was a big guy tipping the scales at 16.5 pounds…😉
 
I chose “other” because I just can’t do pets. My husband always had a dog growing up so we had one but years ago we had to put her down. My kids all want a dog (or they want me to take care of a dog while they play with it). So I guess if it weren’t for me we’d be a dog family.
 
Cat people of course. Well, my dh, not so much. lol But, I just love 'em. :heaven:
 
RosiePosey said:
You have a 25 pound cat?? Wow, that’s something else! I thought my kitty was a big guy tipping the scales at 16.5 pounds…😉
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he is a maine coon so he is naturally big and fat. But let me tell you its awesome when you get into bed and your feet area is nice and warm because he’s been sleeping there. Which is good because tonight we might get close to freezing which is werid weather for houston in april.
 
If cats didn’t nearly kill me whenever I get near them, I might like them, but then again probably not. I’m not a cat person. We’re dog people. Have an 18 month old German Shorthaired Pointer that is crazy and high maintenance but the kids and I have so much fun with him. Before him we had a choco lab for a short time and before that I had a 120 lb Kuvasz that was a joy. Took care of the kids like they were his own babies, gentle and kind.

It just doesn’t feel like home without a dog!
 
Most critters - dogs and cats, birds and fish, even the odd turtle or two. Currently I don’t keep pets as I live in a small flat on my own. My parents are still big animal people - having a farm they’ve now got cattle and chickens and an assortment of dogs, but they’ve had no cats for a while.
 
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