Nancy Young > wrote:

>I don't know why people tie their dog outside or leave them out 24/7,
>or just let their cats roam around and say they have pets. What's
>the point if you don't pet them or play with them or even see them?
>It takes the pet out of pet.

If you rescue 10 cats you don't need to be petting all 10 of
them at once. You can have 8 of them roaming around while
you pet the other two. To an external observer, it just looks
like you let the cats roam around all the time.

Steve