That's so sad. We had 3 dogs, who are all deceased now due to old age, and they were more work than the 18 cats. Don't get me wrong, I also love dogs and this is the first time in my entire life I have not had one. We just feel cats are less maintenance, we don't have to walk them, we don't bath them, we don't house train them, etc. Hopefully they'll get a good home.