New addition to the family...

Good gravy what is it about your neck of the woods that people do these kinds of things? I noticed when I was in Florida people had such a different attitude about my dog? They acted as if the thing was going to attack them and everybody would give me like a 20-foot ring or something around me? Around here people run up to my dog and see how friendly it is and how friendly it looks. I'm talking a little skinny 23lb whippet that has not a mean bone in its body or even projects anything--but extreme friendliness and tail wagging...
I'm not a cat person but my wife's damn cat has bonded with me and never leaves me alone LOL for whatever reason she's always near me and wants me to pet her and be next to me. No matter how much I tell her I don't like cats she still comes and sits in my lap and wait for me tor pet her???