I've never really cared much for cats, but a few years ago we lived way out in the country and my wife wanted some Manx cats. We got her som and the only thing I can say about them is that if you don't like cats and your spouse is determined to have some or you need some to control mice, get a Manx. These things act like dogs, they don't have that "catty" personality at all. We had two and every time I went out the back door with a rifle to go hunting at least one of them had to go with me. I had a .22 spinner target set up in the back yard and every time I was shooting at it one of them had to sit about 3 feet away from it and watch the spinners as I shot them. I'm sur I could have trained them to fetch my squirrels for me. LOL

They are cool cats.
I had a huge Siamese tom that would retrieve birds.
He eventually had to be sent to a farm to live as when he got older he got real mean and he killed or mutilated nearly every animal in my neighborhood.

I had a striped Yellow manx tom.
He was the most foul tempered animal I have ever had the sorry pleasure to have know. (I miss him anyway)

Oh I trained him to fetch squirrels...That worked REAL well.

Never did train him to give them up.

All attempts at that were a complete and utter failure.

And the scars on my hands from trying have faded over the years...

AD