From: kkv@inel.gov (Jamie J Ferguson)
Subject: Cat/Dog People (Was Re: choose him or your cats??????)
Organization: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho
Date: Wed, 27 Jan 93 22:48:50 GMT

In article <1993Jan27.214311.21671@llyene.jpl.nasa.gov> julie@eddie.jpl.nasa.gov (Julie Kangas) writes:
>Well, I'm a confirmed animal-person of any sort, except,
><sigh>, dogs.  I just don't like them.  Too smelly and 
>slobbery.  (Please, I'm not flaming anyone for liking dogs,
>this is just my opinion.  And I am not mean or cruel to dogs.
>I just don't want one.  I won't flame you so please don't
>flame me.)  I like everything else, cats, fish, horses, iguanas, 
>snakes, millipedes, tarantulas,....
>

I have 3 cats and 3 dogs, so I'm obviously someone who likes both.
I used to be terrified of dogs, though -- I don't know what I
thought they'd do to me (lick me to death?), but they just made
me nervous.  I was definitely a cat person.  My husband (who
loves cats and dogs but will admit that he likes dogs a little
more...) and I got our first dog in December 1991.  I had  
decided that I might not be so afraid of a dog if we got
a puppy, so we found a black Lab mix puppy (some nice people
had found the litter and momma dog abandoned in the woods and
were finding homes for the puppies).  It was hard to be afraid
of a puppy who barely weighed more than the cats -- plus she
was terrifed for the first day, and really looked pathetic.
I decided to train her so that I would feel more in control,
and it really did make a difference because she actually 
listened to me!  Although the puppy biting (which we taught
her not to do -- puppies have SHARP teeth!) and licking
took a long time to learn to deal with, I have brought home
2 more dogs in the past year (these 2 were my fault, not
my husband's!).  So I've been converted.

But just because someone is a cat person doesn't mean they
can't change with the right dog!  I'm proof!

My cats don't feel quite the same way...  But thats a different
topic...


Jamie

(I'm not big on tarantulas, though...)

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     canines:  Kenzie -- 1 yr old black Lab X
               Meggin -- 8 month old Australian Shepherd X
               Harry  -- 4 month old Border Collie X

     felines:  Kieri  -- 5 1/2 yr old lilac point Siamese
               Zak    -- 5 1/2 yr old blue point Siamese
               Duke   -- 1 yr old seal point Siamese
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