(edited 8/20/08)
Although I often identify myself with, or even as a cat, I also love dogs.
My good friend Sue owns two pugs - and has a very delightful and entertaining blog which chronicles their lives, mostly from the point of view of Daisy, who is a puppy of just about a year old. Check it out:
Too Cute PugsI am also a proud pug owner, and am desperately trying to treat my dog as a dog and not a cat! It's difficult when I have had nothing but cats since I moved out of my parents' home - and when I identify myself so strongly with "catlike forces". It has been three years since Rosie joined our clan, but I'm still getting used to having a dog.
Growing up, our family had a lovely dog named Skippy, a wire haired fox terrier. Of course, kids being as they are, my mum generally took care of him and I kind of acted as if he were my sibling - sometimes I had time for him, other times he was virtually ignored, poor thing. Looking back now, I wish I had spent more time with him. He passed on at about age 13, I believe, when I was about age 22.
As for the cats, I always expect them to come when I call - and they do. They are "like dogs", at least, according to other people - although they do have certain attitudes that only cats can have. My poor dog is tempted at times, I believe, to just be a cat so she can hang with the group - but ultimately she isn't supercilious enough.
No worries, everyone loves a pug - wherever we go, Rosie gets so much attention - praise and adulation, more like! And, being the only dog can be a good thing, especially when it comes to leftovers.