Freddie

“Freddie didn’t have any dogs, as most people know; Freddie was very much a cat person, of which he had 6 in November ‘91. He identified more with cats, as he felt that cats owned their masters/mistresses and would be able to survive without them for a while and allow themselves to be petted when they were ready, whereas dogs just seemed to wait around for the peering and to be fed, very much the property of their owners. Of course he didn’t hate dogs, he just preferred cats. Freddie didn’t particularly like or dislike dogs. He wouldn’t go out of his way to avoid them and he had many friends who had dogs at home. He would play with them and stroke them if they came to him when he was visiting. He just loved cats. He felt that cats were much more independent than dogs and he was very happy that his felines had chosen him to be their master”,

(Peter Freestone)