I hope you don't mind me quoting this. I feel very similarly honestly. I don't think I could live without a cat or my golden, just because I've honestly never lived
without a cat and I adore my dog. but animals are honestly really gross and I constantly have nasty dirt and hair all over my room that I need to pick up because of them. don't even get me started on litter boxes, ugh.
sometimes I just think about how nice it would be to have a house free of animals that's super easy to keep clean and isn't constantly dusty and dirty. but then I think about how lonely it might feel.