I am going to possibly get a dog to keep the cats company!! Well, keep Pepper company more than Petunia-- Petunia would probably rather be an only kitty about half of the time. I was talking to 1 of my friend's at work and she is a beagle breeder. A VERY good beagle breeder at that and she has 3 dogs that she is trying to adopt out. 2 of them are 6 year old girls and she has a 4 year old boy. I am going to try out 1 of the 6 year old girls. I am so excited!!! I am going to take her next Monday through Thursday and have a trial run with her. I am not sure if I am home enough and don't want to be unfair to her. She lives with 6 cats right now, ages ranging from 8-10 weeks to 14(?) years old. I am not too concerned with her getting along with the cats because of that, but I am concerned with the cats getting along with her. That's another reason for the trial run. The cats were here first so they get priority consideration.