Outdoor cats and kittens are fine, once they become grown and fat they lose all their playfulness. We used to have a cat named Mr. Biggelsworth that would kill moles, rats and snakes in the corn field next to us. Real, real active cat. If I could have another cat like him I would. Unfortunately, my brothers thought it would be funny to train like a killer cat. So he would always attack you. He would be at the other end of the room and you would catch him staring at you, if you turned your head quickly or something or moved he would pounce. My dog used to HATE it, they had battles all the time. One time a bird tried to come down and grab it up and the stupid shit jumped at the bird, I was outside playing basketball I had to put my neck on the line grabbing the cat and hurrying him inside before he became to brave for his own good.

Active cats are the way to go. When we moved to California, all the snobs that lived there would ask "my god, do you feed your cat?", he was pretty skinny but just because he never sat still. All their cats would just lay down all day. I hate that, really really hate that.

Cats are much more pleasing to the eye imo, how they move, how they stalk and they definitely don't have the complex personalities of dogs imo which in a way is cool if it has the right personality.

Dogs are the answer but I do have a love/hate relationship with cats as I've outlined. My grandpa lives on a bunch of land and has a barn out here in the back and a field and there are a couple ferrel cats that live in there. They never bother me, one of them is called Begger my grandma started feeding him like 8 years ago and he's still alive. He's very cat but a very good looking cat. The other is orange and he reminds me of Bigglesworth. When I smoke here it's usually in the barn or in the tree line at the back fence. I try to stay out of it's way, I've seen him stalking stuff in the field next to us before which is a great thrill to watch especially when high.