The moment has passed.
None of my current near-neighbours have cats - I know this from the lack of fresh cat shite appearing in my small back garden. I spend quite a lot of time visiting my mother, and her neighbours have cats. None of them are in the slightest bit interested in people.
As much as I like cats and dogs, I've never been tempted to get one - too much responsibility. Owning a houseplant is too much responsibility for me.
My brother's partner is just about to get a new black Labrador puppy born a few weeks before Christmas. I can't wait too meet her (it's a bitch).