Personnally im a fish person, if it were up to me i would have a fishtank in every room, I dont mind cats or dogs, but im to selfcentered to take the extra time to care for them, so i choose not to have them, unfortunatly the wife and kids dont feel the same , so we have 2 dogs and four cats. but in her defence, she had the cats first, they stay outside though so theyre not bad, but the dogs are a real pain, let me know if you want one.