I may have it wrong, but I'm getting the drift that "real animal lovers" that spend a lot of time with their pets don't have any young kids in the house. It might be fair to say that for most people there's time for one or the other, but not both?
<font color="blue"> don't have any young kids in the house </font color>
We've had dogs and cats since before the kids were born and they're 16 and 18 years old now...the kids, not the dogs and cats. [img]/forums/images/icons/grin.gif[/img]