Good Morning. Cats are just easier

I'm just starting to realize how tied down I am with all my animals.  I am thinking about moving but who would rent to someone with 4 dogs and a cat?  And I can't imagine getting rid of any of them.  Fortunately I never go anywhere  but in an emergency I am sure my neighbors would help out, or one of my kids.  

I laughed when I saw the the title of this thread.  Obviously you haven't met Larry.

to be fair he really does think he is a dog.  He eats the dogs food and even comes when you call him.  He is only 8 months old and he is huge.  He is like a live teddy bear.  And the softest thing I have ever known.

Speaking of live teddy bears ... I'm sure most of U have met the gorgeous , furry,  amenable Mini Me !  

He is ( at like 119 years old in human years ) still charmin ' em  from coast -to -coast post Sandy  lol.   The ladies in the bank always ask about him, as do the neighbors , ( and the  neighbors kids who want to pull his tail .. Oy ! ) 

hes a STAR  !

I am so not bothered by the fact that he HAS  to have cleaned raw  chicken breast to survive and thrive  every single day at his advanced age ...  that he's a tiny tiger  who must be jollied along when he wants vet- forbidden ( hi magnesium) items like  eggs , rice pudding , hummus .... 

what  I notice is  that he knows so much more than we THINK he knows  ( he's an amazing homing -pigeon/living GPS  he'll give you meaowed (100 % correct ! ) directions ALL NIGHT LONG Lol )  I mean .. when you're  1/4 mile from switching interstates  and he starts going off until you actually TURN off  , then is 100 % quiet until the NEXT turn ... you say HAVE to say hmmm.....

  He always  loves to stare out the car window and learn more about the world ....

There is noone human or not who has been there more for me in times of health-distress than Mini-me ... ill never forget how he paced the floor  right alongside Mommy  every fifteen minutes in  the months of her WLS recovery ....   He never gave up on me .. and i will never give up on him..... or ever  leave him behind .

right now we are staying in a hotel post Sandy .  He is an honored guest  on a non- pet floor .  Thats cuz the manager says he's a BABY and a Darling  not a pet   . I guess Mini me made another conquest lol ... 

He's traveled with me across the country SEVERAL times .. sneaking into the Hampton in a handbag every night ...  ( dont think he EVER pops his head out  or tries to  run ... that would be simply undignified and stoopid which hes NOT .  He's a COOL DUDE ...

He even can pee and poo on the side of the road on a leash  when he doesnt have his in- car  litterbox !  

We  usually  have a line of neighbors volunteering to take care of him if we go away ... but we try to leave him as absolutely closest to the non-cat -friendly destination as possible  with a responsible person.  Incidentally , he looks totallly worn out and a million years older from worry when we pick him up  ... he absolutely detests  being treated  like a cat !