My family won't let me get a dog. If I could I'd get like a Golden Retriever or a Chocolate Lab... But! We have two cat's!! Miss Africa is a snuggle bug! She's turning 17 this June!!! She is a gentle soul, full of love and energy... Then we have Miss Jasper! I swear she talks!!! She's 3 years old and is as smart as a three year old child!! The other day she was meowing at the door to be let out! But it was passed her curfew!! I said "You can't go outside it's passed 9:00 O'clock!" She said " I know! Then I said "You can't go outside, there are coyotes outside and they'll come and eat you!" She said "I know!" I was shocked that she spoke English I just had to let her have her way!! So I let her out and she darted down the drive way and passed the garage! She came back in half an hour later bright eye'd and bushy tailed and full of playful energy! She was as happy as can be! I was glad to have let her have her way! I was just shocked that she could speak!! ENGLISH!!!! Again!!!! Either she's possessed, or she's a genius!!! She was just a farm cat when we got her!!