I think our 15 YO cat is around the human equivalent of 80. He seems to relish getting to be a cantakerous old git.

I love my cats, but they are mostly for entertainment. My dog was trained to hand signals, voice commands, and he was the best every door bell. He was just so excited to have visitors! Training a dog to do tricks and respond to signals is lots of work, I was a SAHM and had the time, and needed a well behaved dog, he was big and I had small relatives that visited. You get the dog you work for and he was the son I never gave birth to. I don't have time for a dog now.

There ya go.

Actually, that's not true. Cats are smarter than dogs, and they are able to learn tricks, understand a considerable number of words (not only English, but other languages as well, same as dogs), and use deductive reasoning. I teach cats how to do High Fives, Sit, Spin, Jump through Hoops, High Tens, and a few other things in the Jackson Galaxy Cat Pawsitive Pro program.

This cat looks like a cranky old recluse...A cynical middle-aged curmudgeon...The really narrow pupils in the eyes are usually the sign of a cat that is very angry...

Dogs just want to have fun. Cats mean business.

I'll take the dog

I'll take the doggy