Someone was talking about not 'domesticating' animals more than necessary.

Well, it depends on what you mean by 'domesticate.' When we had pets, I liked cats and dogs to BE cats and dogs, not surrogate infants. But cats that are friendly, not feral: just, well, traditional cats. :-) They went in and out as they pleased, had outdoor lives of their own. Some of them seemed to make their 'home base' indoors and slept with the humans, some preferred the barn.

Same with dogs. Because of leash laws we had to fence them, but otherwise they had their own lives: a mated pair.

This is a blog about old-fashioned commonsense pet lifestyles. Where cats go in and out of the house as they choose (pretty much), and have normal outdoor lives. Dogs live in a big yard, not 'crated.'

I have also started a community, http://community.livejournal.com/catdoorcats_com/
so that other people may make posts. Currently it is set so that anyone can post and anyone can join, and posts go up immediately.