Mac
The fact that your an Outdoorsman and don't have a real dog......well it's hard to put into words. Then theres the cat thing. I will admit to having two of the vermin living in my house but they serve the useful purpose of giving Lucky and A.L.F. something to torture while we are not in the bird fields. Plus cats are useful to a small degree such as testing puddles on the garage floor as to whether they contain antifreeze or are just snow melt. Also if you put a kitty in the dryer and run it for ten minutes I can tape my cell phone to her and it will be charaged in a short while.
fatrap
An Mac....there's a question of the orgin of the punch line to a joke I once heard. It ends with..."Hey Mac, grease up the cat."