Why to Own a Dog From a Cat Person and The Story of How a Cat Person Ended Up with a Dog

Get up earlier

Exercise more

Socialize more

Give and receive unconditional love

Remember how to play

Adhere to a schedule

Spend more time in nature

Smile

Be more courageous

Find a since of purpose and direction in life

These may sound like some of your New Year’s resolutions, some were mine. All of these and more happened to me this year because I owned Lady Belle my salt and pepper miniature schnauzer.

I’ve been a cat person for 25 years. My parents had a two year old miniature schnauzer when I was born and he never liked me. I replaced him in the family as only child and he kept looking at guests who would come to visit the new baby like: please take her home with you. He’d let me pet, but as all small children do, he hated when I’d try to dress him up, or love him too much. Around the age of 4 my first cat wondered into our lives. We lived in the country and I had a stream of friendly strays or dumped cats my entire childhood, I had 15 outdoor cats at one point in time (mom says it was 21) that I loved and adored. When I went to grad school…