People who don't have pets or never had pets will never understand us keeping ours inside. Sad to say, some are taught growing up that cats and dogs are nasty and that is what they believe. I had a sister in law that forbid her children to touch cats or dogs, telling them they would bite tham and that they are nasty, dirty things. Her children were not allowed to get dirty, play out in the yard or touch any animal.. Poor kids use to hang on the fecnce watching my kids playing with the dogs or just playing with a group of kids and they wanted to play too but knew they couldn't.. Sad! Sad! Sad! They are adults now and have very little to do with their mother anymore.

lute, they are "picking" on you because you dance to the beat of different music than they do and people fear what they do not understand. I always admire people who dare to be different but most people fear them.