For the most part, my family and I have only had cats. Before I was born, my parents got a poodle for my sister, and when I was in either middle or high school, they thought that a black lab would be a good present for me. WHAT WERE THEY THINKING?? Anyway, they gave away both dogs to people that they knew and knew that they (the other people) could take care of them. No more dogs for me! I will get another cat, but (as I've said before), I need to clean my place before I get another one or two.