Cats can be very destructive if you don’t watch them. Back at our old place, we had a neighbor that let her male tabby run wild. The cat sprayed every house to the point where it reeked so bad that we couldn’t sit outside for very long.

Then it got underneath our house and sprayed. The smell permeated the floorboards as well as our clothes. It was awful.

My mother-in-law had dogs that she couldn’t house train. As a result, we had to do a lot of repairs to the floors before we could move in. If we ever had to sell this house, we would have to repair the walls where the dog sprayed.

Those are the worst case scenarios. I grew up in a big family, which included cats and dogs. Somebody was always there to give them attention. As for the tidiness, I would have to agree that the animals are neater than us, lol.

Are cats that destructive? I’m not a cat person. Honesty, the bulk of the dirt and filth tracked in our house is a product of me or the husband. The dogs spend more time in than out and are probably tidier than us.

Except for the hair, but that isn’t anything vacuuming can’t cure.