"Oh, they still like milk, and a little bit is ok as a treat, but it can give them gas and tummyaches and make them have runny messes outside of the litterboxes if they have more than just a spoonful or so," Duela says. She'd helped feed and play with Auntie Selina's cats before. "And she's ok with dogs as long as they don't chase her cats."

"The whole cats versus dogs thing is about as accurate as cats with a bowl of milk," Stephie says. "Yeah, some dogs will chase cats... but most of them won't actually hurt anything they think of as part of their pack, even if it is a cat."