await doAllCats();
await doAllDogs();
console.log("Finished processing Cats and Dogs ")

function doAllCats() {
  let promiseArray = [];
  for(let cat of cats) {
    promiseArray.push(doOneCat(cat);
  }
  return Promise.all(promiseArray);
}
function doOneCat(cat) {
  let promise = doSomeAsyncStuffWithACat(cat);
  p.catch() {
    console.error("there was a problem with "+cat+" but processing should continue as normal for the other cats and dogs");
  }
  return p;
}