EDIT: Well, it took me about 4 hours and 30 minutes, but I finally got all my pictures submitted. Enjoy!
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This year for April Fools, Deviant Art has done it's best to annoy us by forcing Major General Whiskers on us. MGW (as I have so affectionately come to call him) has imprisoned Fella and will release him upon satisfactory cat-related pictures uploaded to the website.

This has given me incentive to create a new album, and to upload aaaaaallllllllll the pictures I have of my cats. There aren't hundreds, but there are a good handful. I love cats, they're my favorite domesticated animals. Of my current three, my orange and white tabby cat, Linkin, is my baby. I have never been one to dramatically label my animals as my children, but I have had Linkin for about ten years now, and I love him as much as I would love a person. I could tell plenty of stories about Linkin, the sonofbitch has character and a personality.

I don't claim to be an expert at cat care, and I'm not trying to sound like some pretentious professional, but I have been raising cats, trial and error, since I was seven years old. That's a good 15+ years of experience. No, I have not researched and wrote notes and collaborated with breeders and pried open veterinarians for knowledge. But, I actually put time and effort into raising my cats, and because of that, they don't turn out to be AS stereotypical. Even people who tend to dislike felines, usually admit my cats aren't so bad. They love people, don't spook very easily, are tough, but have the self-sufficiency and laid-backness that I love about the typical cat. The only one this doesn't fall for is Smushiface (yes, that's her name), and that's because she was an older, declawed stray we found.

I currently have four dogs as well, and I think my parent's affinity for hounds caused some inadvertent learning on how to properly raise them, and I use some of those unintentionally learned lessons to raise my felines. Those lessons are generally more orientated towards ANY domesticated animal, and not just lessons on how to raise a dog used on a cat, etc.

Aside from all of the tedious reasons why I prefer cats over dogs, I believe my main reason is dogs need much, much more attention than cats do. Both animals need some attention, and if you raise your feline right, they'll come to be much, much, much less asocial than the stereotype. But dogs are like children that never grow up. They need constant attention up until the day they die. Kittens usually require just as much attention as puppies, but as they age, they rely more on themselves for most things, and will forgo attention for days and days if they have to. I suppose the fact that they sleep much longer than dogs per day gives dogs extra time to realize they haven't seen their owners, but the reason is definitely irrelevant.

I don't hate dogs, I love all of my pets very much. I have a general sense of love for all animals. I just prefer cats over the other usual domesticated animal.

If for some weird reason one of these pictures resonates with you and you want some kind of print/magnet/etc enabled on dA (And yes, you will be weird for wanting this), just let me know.