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The universe has good news for the lost, lonely, and heart sick. The sugars are here, speaking

straight into your ears. I'm Steve Alman. I'm Cheryl Strait. This is Dear Sugar's.

Oh dear song, won't you please? Share some better sweet days with me. I check my

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Hi, Steve. Hi, Cheryl. So today we are the much-anticipated episode on cats and dogs.

Yes. We promised it because whenever we do those pet questions, we get a lot of mail

and I'm famous for always siding on the side of the cat. Whoever loves the cat most

to me is always right. I'm an unrepentant cat lady. As long-time listeners know, grew

up poor many years of my life with a single mom for a big chunk of my childhood. My

house ever changing as it was from my mom and dad being married to my mom being the

single mother to my mom being with my stepfather. The one thread was that we always had animals.

The reason we always had animals is because my mother was the person who took in every

animal that she came upon. Any animal that needed help or veterinary care or love ended

up living with us. It was really a great gift of my life for a couple of reasons. The

love that animals bring into your life, the adventure, the funny things that happen.

But also, I will say because my mom did pick up a lot of weak and injured animals and sick

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