When we went outside, she rubbed against our legs and asked to be petted and anytime a door was open longer than a split second, she'd run into the house.

Now it's getting cold outside. We're trying to explain to her that she can't move, in that she has a nice warm home and that is where she belongs. She's angry with us. She doesn't understand why we won't do what she asks. Haven't we been trained yet ? But she is around less and less these days.

When I read the latest story about hypoallergenic cats, I guffawed at the price, but then I thought about that face at the window and I understood why someone might pay that much.

The story said cats are the most common pet in the US and Europe, even though cat allergies and one of the most common human allergies Lots of people who have cats also have allergies and pay in suffering for the company of animals that can sometimes be indifferent to everything but their own needs.

We're suckers for anything cuts. I'm guessing the company is going to make a fortune. They didn't actually manipulate cat genes the way they thought they would, but they discovered some cats are already hypoallergenic.

The mutation shows up randomly in a number of breeds, so the company used old-fashioned method of shaping animals or plants to human needs and bred cats for that genetic variation.

Of course, there are cat-resistant humans out there too. But I guess I'm not of them.

Article Written by Jerry Large.