This is going to be an interesting thread, LOL.
I adore dogs, but I will always be a cat person at heart.
I like dogs a lot, but I have cats because they are quiet and more easily fit into my erratic schedule.
I am on my second round of feral cats who come to eat, become domesticated, and become very close pets. One is annoyingly needy and has to be on my lap whenever I sit down.
The last feral twosome lived 20 years. Probably be the same with the latest that have adopted me.