Those who valued the eager obedience and camaraderie of the dog considered the cat a strikingly inferior domestic, "refined and voluptuous... so wanting in the nobler qualities as to fail in winning the sympathies of noble and generous-hearted men." This explained why distinguished artists seldom used cats as subjects, they only appealed to "artists of a very low grade indeed." Derogated by the men responsible for maintaining household order and public discipline, cats might be favored by those who sneakingly sympathized with [the cat's] desire for independence: they were sometimes considered"the chosen allies of womankind."

- Harriet Ritvo
Animal Estate

I tripped over my cat running back into the living room to write that down. The dog, loyal little friend, roused herself out of a sound slumber and is waiting for me to finish so she can go back to bed. Cat however is nowhere to be found she doesn't give two pins for what I am doing.