I have a black fluffy male(2 sweet prefers to be an only), female torti( 3 mouser who loves attention prefers other cats), female cali (3+ energetic talkative tries to run outside and loves to play she will lay on you but prefers not to be held), an older marmalade male(5+ he's a mouser and likes to be an only cat also likes to be inside/outside) fluffy orange male(2 loves love talkative) gray tabby (3+ prefers to be an only cat loves love) all of these babies will let me love on them. But I don't know how they are with children and dogs. Some of them may scratch little ones if they can't get away.