Are you a Pet Person? Or would you like to be? Choose your gut response answer (A, B, C or D) to each question to find out where you fall on the "Fur and Fin Friend" scale.

A. Oh please!
B. Well, sometimes...
C. More often than not
D. Without a doubt

1) You think taking Fluffy to the cat show is a perfectly reasonable excuse for breaking your date with your new boyfriend.

2) You see no reason why the manager threw you out of the screening of 101 Dalmatians just because you snuck Spot in inside your knapsack.

3) Your cockatiel has a larger vocabulary than your four-year-old son.

4) Your Christmas cards always feature a picture of Rex with a big red bow around his neck.

5) You think David Letterman's "Stupid Pet Tricks" is degrading and have started a boycott of the show.

6) You choose "Science Diet" for Scooter but buy generic tuna for yourself.

7) You are the most popular adult in your neighborhood because of the "Open to the Public" daily mouse feedings of Slither.

8) You invested in First Brands (makers of Glad-Lock bags) because of the pooper scooper laws.

9) Your vacation home was modeled after Fuzzy's Habitrail.

10) You know more about the personal lives of the people at the park where you walk Fester than you do about your co-workers.

Please add up your score. A=1; B=2; C=3; D=4.

30-40 Off-the-scale animal lover: You know who you are. And you knew it long before you took the quiz.

20-29 Average pet lover: Sure you love little Skippy, but would you run into a burning house to save him? (He'd do it for you.)

10-19 Animal newbie: You've never had to throw away shoes because of the bite marks on one heel. You've never had to sit up all night while your cat became a mom. And you've never had to decide between hip surgery for Duke or a Caribbean vacation. So what's wrong with you?

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