Gary. Great article. Few years ago our neyboure had 2 cats 4 children and a dog. Both cats spent every day time with us to get some peace.
The communication between us was remarkable. They needed to go home every evening.The Black one used to go and sit at our front door waiting to be let out. The tortoishell ran me a chase every night...Ha!

Due to our age we no longer have animals but when time permits we walk rescued greyhounds.