I am a dog person too, but only have cats right now. None of them are actually my cats, two are my g/f's and the other is my daughter's. The oldest one my g/f has had since he was born, the Siamese was rescued from one of those crazy cat ladies and my daughter's was a stray that her friends were going to take to the pound so we kept him. They are very entertaining, but not the same level of companionship as a dog.