wow 22 years is long friendship! as a kid we had some stray cats born in our garage, we kept a grey female for 17 years i think. We named her scroung and she was a mean loving cat.. i was playn around with her one time under the covers with my hand.. it was all fun untill i took my hand out and she went for blood!! slamed her claws in the back of my hand and wouldnt let go for 5 min.. every time i tried to move my arm she dug in deeper! she was a real alley cat brawler! Im glad theres only one business end with dogs..