My ex is a Dog and so if my admirer, I am a tiger....

I am a tiger and my ex is a dog, right now we are friends, but i really want to be more. But he is very secretive...Is there a way that we can be more than friends? Is there a way we can be friends and i will be able to move on, because trust me I have been moving on but its not working. I have a new admirer he is a dog as well. But he's not like my ex, they're very different. They're both quiet but one is open about his feelings for me.