After Maggie DH and I cannot bring ourselves to consider another dog. Heidi loved Maggie but we would have to find another mellow dog that could handle Heidi because she has puppy like energy. She is seriously like a child with hyper-activity and even high energy dogs tend to be annoyed by her!

I have always had cats growing up but Maggie was blind and I thought introducing another animal would be hard on her. DH finally agreed I could get a cat IF I consider all the negatives. To him this is: scratching, stinky litter boxes and being a PITA.

So is it possible to have no scratching? I have never had a bad scratcher but I have seen the damage by cats that do. DH said NO WAY to claw removal. Second do those self cleaning litter boxes work? DH can't stand the smell of litter. Finally how do you screen a cat for dog tolerant temperment? Is it even possible or would hyper Heidi be a bad situation for a cat? Heidi loves any other animals.