No more or less than humans or human children. I’ve been in several abodes that I wouldn’t bring a dog into because I’d fear for their health.
Y'all are free to do as you please, and I won't judge, I just meant having animals share my living quarters is not a path I wish to travel. No matter how clean you try to keep them, they still bring a foul stench to a house. I can tell the moment I enter someone's house whether they keep animals indoors. It's not unlike the odor you find at a zoo, although not as strong.
I don't know how else to put this but that your statement I think is gross generalisation. I love cats. I own 4. I have owned dogs all my life..and within your definition I think I will fall in he brown people category since I belong to India even though I don't have that color of skin. I realise now why we study orientalism for a reason. Even your terminology is contrived, with all due respect of course.