Well, I always have prefered dogs, they are by far a better "companion". But ofcourse its less work to have cats so it suits many better. I train my dogs to be self suifficent. They more or less take care of themselves and knows what to do/what not to do. And unless I want them near me, they leave me alone :) I love cats to though.. but there are limits to fury things in a 40m2 apartment!

Sounds to me (out of your list of traits) that the typical cat person needs a dog person :). I would say im a mix