I'm trying to be efficle about this- can anyone help
I'm thinking about: gumtree , indoor cats and also cats with dogs
be kind...
me, OH and all the dcs (11-17) would like a cat.
I was thinking of either rescue OR gumtree- but only those cats who aren't for sale, just the 
ones who say they have to give their kitties away for free because landlord/asthma/moving
...am thinking that, as with dogs, buying a kitten off gumtree is encouraging people to breed cats for ££s. With dogs this is a pretty horrid and desperate industry: I assume same for cats, too?
if I do a search on a rescue site, the minute I type 'have dogs' in the search box, all the potential matches go POUFF- another reason to ponder gumtree
another potential issue- I have always assumed that keeping cats indoors is cruel, without really thinking about it. Now am not so sure. I have busy roads, foxes, and notices for THREE missing cats (new ones) just between here and school. Also lots of wildlife- frogs, birds, squirrels- which I rather like and would rather not be party to murder of nor do I want to be picking up parts of unidentifiable digestive systems off the hall carpet
So am thinking- how about indoor cats, from a rescue or gumtree- ie ones who have never been outdoors and so won't miss it, iykwim...
third issue- DOGS. I have two staffies. I know what you're thinking. But they are NICE staffies. And don't say 'oh, well, they all say that' -they are smashers...we would be very, very careful re introducing them. The idea would be that, when there's no one around, the dogs have the dining room and the cat/s everywhere else including upstairs, until all get used to each other.
Oh and there is normally someone in the house- the longest there are no humans around is about 3/4 hours- usually much less, so they would have a lot of company...
what do you think?
should we shelve the cat idea?
or is indoor/rescue/with dogs a goer?