Thursday’s Thoughts: Are You A Dog Lover or A Cat Person… or both?

Posted by: Sher on: December 6, 2008

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Oliver aka Ollie aka Walrus aka Ollie-Ollie Oxen-Free

I

Love

Oliver

(and, Tori)

(and, Claire)

(and, Tommy)

(and, Dante)

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OK… I admit. I am a bit of an animal lover extremist. Hence, my main blog’s name A Novel Menagerie. I love to be surrounded by creatures. I sing to them, talk to them, and carry on like a fool. It’s almost like Snow White, but I’m pudgier and have a MUCH lower voice (2nd soprano, alto). Anyway, when I lost my kitty Mako (see post on A Novel Menagerie in the review of “Dewey”), I never thought that I’d ever be that close to an animal again. I replaced one kitty with two dogs and three cats. But, when I’m blogging, it is always Oliver that is tickling my feet and legs under the desk. Tori, my lab, is always asleep behind me on the carpet (usually farting and gas-ing me out of my own office). But, Ollie just keeps loving me up and tickling me with his really long fur and whiskers. He’s still a kitten (1 year).

He’s a GREAT cat. He’s the most friendly cat I’ve ever had. When I adopted him, I needed another animal like I needed a hole in my head. But, he just kept climbing all over me and purring and carrying on when I was visiting some kittens at the vet’s office. He PICKED ME! So, Oliver is home and the only one who doesn’t like him is Claire the Basset Hound. She’s always harrassing Oliver. She doesn’t bother the other two cats because they’ll pull a Ninja Kung Foo Claw action move on her nose.. but, Oliver is just too friendly to even hurt the doggie that is chasing him. Poor Ollie!

Anyway, it got me to thinking. Many people are either a dog person or a cat person. I love them equally, but for different reasons. My dogs are my kids, but my cats are my friends. Sounds wierd, huh? But, I don’t know that I could say I’m one or the other. WHAT ARE YOU?

This week’s Thursday’s Thoughts: Provided that you are an animal lover/pet owner… are you a dog lover or a cat person… or both?

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Rules & Entry:

Entries are due by Thursday, December 11th, 2008 at 5:00pm PST.

You can enter in the following ways:

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WINNER:

Winner shall receive a WONDERFUL, FABULOUS, INCREDIBLE pet-themed BookCharmer bookmark from www.BookCharming.com. You can have your choice of cat or dog!