I'm not a cat lover but definitely not a cat hater. Cats all over the place is just not my thing. A friend of mine is a long arm quilter (I didn't know she had a longarm but knew she quilted). She is allergic to cats. Once she ended up in the hospital because a client sent her a quilt that had cat dander and hair on it. She went into an asthmatic attack. The client just didn't understand why she sent the quilt back with a referral for someone else to do it. She had to have a professional cleaning team to come in and clean the whole house. I have a friend who has a cat and I won't eat at her house. She understands. Just cat hair all over the place even though she dusts every day with the swiffer. I also don't have any perfumes in my house because of allergies and no scented candles. I do have 3 dogs but they can't and don't get up on my furniture. I have to use the Swiffer on a daily basis but I don't have to worry about them getting up on my furniture. On my lap yes, on my furniture, no!