What makes Pip so mean?

This is Pipsqeak, or Pip. She was named for her high pitched voice and delicate bearing. These were the deceptions she used to lure us into allowing her to enter our home. She is a tiny thing, less than ten pounds, but her attitude has the rest of us cowed, especially our Lab Sandy.

She likes to spear scorpions, lizards, and other poor helpless creatures with her claws and fling them around, and becomes peeved if the birds don't land at the birdfeeder when she wants them. When she gets up in the morning, she must be carried outside by my husband to get the paper, rain or shine. If she isn't, she will voice her displeasure and will dig her claws into my husband's ankles to let him know that he is in big trouble. She maintains the right of "sniffage", that is, she gets to sniff at anything and everything edible in the house to see if she might want to eat it, and woe unto the unsuspecting soul who does not immediately cater to her whims. We are keeping the band-aid companies in business as we learn to worship our very own mean kitty.

Photo submitted by: Tina
Date last updated: 02/11/06