Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Tue, 1 Sep 2015 09:10:00 -0600, los Golondrinas > wrote:
>
>> On 9/1/2015 6:36 AM, wrote:
>>> On Monday, August 31, 2015 at 10:52:41 PM UTC-5, los Golondrinas wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 8/31/2015 7:43 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>>>> My Beautiful Big Boy Barny:
>>>>>>>>> http://i57.tinypic.com/675guh.jpg
>>>>>
>>>>> Dogs schtink... wet dogs smell awful
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> They leave allergen saliva on their fur.
>>>>
>>>>
>>> It's only a problem for those that have an allergy
>>> to cats.
>>
>> Which is many.
>>
>>> For the rest of us it poses no problem.
>>
>> The "rest of us" is not all.
>
> Most people are not allergic to cats...

No one said "most".

> most people I know have cats, most have several.

That would be an anecdotal sample set.

> And I've discovered that some have the Julie Bove
> syndrome with cats, when they don't like something they claim an
> allergy.

Real allergies are no joke however:

http://www.livescience.com/36578-cat...gies-pets.html

If you have pet allergies, chances are it is Fluffy rather than Fido
that's making you sneeze. While an estimated 10 percent of people are
allergic to household pets, cat allergies are twice as common as dog
allergies, according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma and
Immunology.

Among children, about one in seven between ages 6 and 19 prove to be
allergic to cats.

Contrary to popular belief, it's not cat fur that causes those itchy,
watery eyes. Most people with cat allergies react to a protein found on
cat skin called Fel d 1.

> I like dogs, I've had dogs, but I don't like their high
> maintainence.

Agreed.

> A fifty pound dog is like feeding two teenage boys, but
> even the cost wouldn't bother me, it's having to walk dogs I don't
> want to do.

With all that land you wouldn't have to, plenty of pasture to run.

> I can leave my cats home alone for a day, two days, even
> a week and when I come home everything would be the same as I left
> it...

Lucky you, ours used to unroll the toilet paper rolls as a 'reminder'
not to be gone too long.

Cute, but messy.

> all I'd need do is put out a couple of extra litter pans, set
> out a couple more gravity dispensing dried food feeders, and put out a
> few more large water bowls... they wouldn't even miss me, they have
> each other for company and mostly they sleep.

True.

> Leave one dog home for
> just 24 hours it'd be best to pay the local realtor a visit before
> going home, to buy a new house.

Separation anxiety, yes.

> People are alway sasking me why I
> don't have dogs. they say with all the space here I could leave them
> outside, WRONG! A dog wouldn't last 12 hours outside here, I never
> see a stray dog, they quickly become preditor dinner.

I suspect that would not happen if you had a Newfie or Bernese mountain dog.


> However the
> feral cats do fine outdoors... and right now they are eating
> practically no cat food, they are fattening up for winter by hunting,
> they much prefer the live food and there's plenty here... I've been
> finding lots of squirrel and chipmonk feet on my deck each morning,
> they eat all but the feet.

Best not be poaching songbirds.

And I know you feed, so...

> Like I said, I like dogs but I really
> wouldn't have the time to allocate caring for a dog.

Plausible.