Being Patted Is What It Is All

We Are The Ones Who Have High Blood Pressure, Ulcers, And Heart Attacks, Not Cats.

Cats Make One Of The Most Satisfying Sounds In The World: They Purr. [...] Almost All Cats Make Us Feel Good About Ourselves Because They Let Us Know They Feel Good About Us, About Themselves, And About Our Relationship With Them. A Purring Cat Is A Form Of High Praise, Like A Gold Star On A Test Paper. It Is A Reinforcement Of Soemthing We Would All Like To Believe About Ourselves -- That We Are Nice.

Dogs Have Given Us Their Absolute All. We Are The Center Of Their Universe. We Are The Focus Of Their Love And Faith And Trust. They Serve Us In Return For Scraps. It Is Without A Doubt The Best Deal Man Has Ever Made.

It's Our Mortality That Terrifies Us, Because What We're Really Seeking Is Immortality - That Is, After All, A Fool's Errand.

I Always Thought That My Canine Family Tended To View Me As The Funny-looking Two-legged Dog Who Runs The Can Opener.