 You should have a lot of animals around you, not just dogs and cats either. I have a farm, I have horses, I have cows, I have sheep. Man, that's a better life. Humans, I'm not sure if you look at our evolutionary past. The average tribe we lived in had 150 people and you probably had 500 animals. You know, look at the Messiah in Africa, but they're a nomadic tribe, mostly with cattle. You got groups of 150 people and large animal groups, larger, more animals. So anyway, just a little side note on somebody asking about philosophy.