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I like work dogs. We always had two or three on the farm to work sheep and cattle. I don't care much for my sister's yappy lap dogs, but they are company for her and provide ears for her deafness.
I've always preferred cats, and have found Siamese to be a useful breed, as they seem to be guardians to humans they live with. Note I didn't say "their masters," because they feel humans are underlings.
I keep his food silo topped off, and he comes and goes as he pleases through a small door. Note I didn't say "pet door." For those considerations, he lets me know when someone is coming up the outside stairs. If the visitor is "our" girlfriend, he goes to the door to meet her even before the door bell strobe goes off.
I think my cat and I tolerate each other as semi-equals because we're both so independent.
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