Here, kitty: Bidens welcome cat named Willow to White House

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47. My cat's best friend in my apartment building

is a shih tzu down the hall from me. The cat is larger than the dog. A young woman who used to live next door to me had a larger dog, breed unknown. The dog backed off from my cat when she hissed and was afraid to come out the door if my cat was in the hall.

Many years ago, I had a black cat, named Merlin, who acted as chaperone for me when I dated. Guys would fuss over Merlin when they picked me up or took me home, mostly just to score brownie points with me. If Merlin liked them, he would purr. If he didn't like them, he would swat their hands, claws out, when they petted him. More than once I doctored a scratch with antiseptic and a Band-Aid. Merlin's perceptions turned out to be good ones, too.