My family has had dogs my entire life. My current dog is a Belgian Malinois.
That's him in the middle, playing with his neighbors a few days ago:
The one in the back is an Australian Cattle Dog that my Pointer helped raise.
But I've had a couple cats by now, and I like them a lot. They're not much protection, but they're a lot less work.
This is my current cat "Bob" with my current dog "Mojo":
