Remember “Yakkety-Yak” by The Coasters? There’s one verse in the song that sounded sort of cruel to cats. “....and when you’re finished doing that, bring in the dog and put out the cat.” I was thinking that Kitty was curled up in front of the fire and some giant picks him out and deposits him outside in the wind and the rain; Fido is hustled back in the den to take the warm spot recently vacated by Kitty. We keep our cat, an ill-tempered Persian named Buddy, on our screened in porch all year (we’re in FL). Our new cockapoo puppy, Bailey, only goes out on a leash.