I have two cats. They’re nice, we’re friends, but I could easily live without them. They probably feel the same!
I grew up with us having cats and dogs. I preferred cats and still do. We currently have two indoor cats a Maine coon male and a calico female and a garage/out door cat. We also have two dogs an Irish Setter and a Jack Russell. They cats make the dogs look like fools at times, especially the garage cat she routinely slaps the living crap out of the dogs and gets away with it. The two indoor cats especially the tom have taken up with me. I can whistle and call for the tom and he comes running like a dog would, he follows me everywhere, to the bathroom, sleeps at foot of the bed, takes the point each morning as I am heading out of the bedroom out to work all the way to the garage door.
The Irish setter is a good natured dog and good around kids and protective and I really love her. If the Jack Russell died tomorrow I would piss on his grave. I never hated an animal in my life until him. He would rather run into my garage and piss and take a dump, knowing I am going to kick him out or wallop him with a broom. He is a companion to the setter, when she passes mr. Russell’s days are numbered. He will go to the pound or a better place. He was a stray we took in, after a month I figured out why his owner got rid of the annoying turd.
I figure ours are friends until they get hungry.