Yes I too prefer cats, they seem to me to be more 'human like' and independent. My cousin being very macho only has dogs, presumably wanting to be made a fuss of and always in control.
Dogs are lovely but too faithful. When a cat makes a fuss of you like mine does especially in the morning when I wake it is something special, perhaps because she is happy to see me still alive. I do not mind if later on she pretends to bite me if I am a nuisance. So I now know why the lady at the RSPCA centre wanted me to give her a little stoke before I chose her ---- perhaps to make sure we ' bonded' as you say.
I found out at last perhaps why she is called Chiana ----- I just noticed one of the young women in the Aussie series Farscape has that name. My macho son in law thinks I should have given all my rescued cats over the years a new name. But then he wants to change every thing. Perhaps that is why though still under 50 he has had 4 women over the years.
