Name: Tipper
Age: 2 Years
Breed: Tort-Tiger
Personality: Sidekick
Price: $25 (half-price)
Status: Adopted 9/20/07
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Everyday for the past three months, Tipper patiently waits in her kennel located in the main room of the Larimer Humane Society hoping for someone to notice, care, or be interested. When an individual finally pauses by her kennel, she gleefully stands up and gives a quick meow as in greeting and approaches the front of the kennel. However, although Tipper has a calm disposition, a semi-playful nature, and an age of only 2 years old, she is overlooked for the younger, livelier kittens around her. At this moment, Tipper has been at the Larimer Humane Society the longest compared to the other cats up for adoption as she went up for adoptions June 12, 2007. ------------------------------------------------------------------------
Tipper came to the Larimer Humane Society as a surrendered animal. Her previous owner lived in a mountain town where Tipper lived as both an indoor and outdoor cat; but, when her owner moved to Fort Collins, she gave Tipper up as she lived near a busy crossroad and felt Tipper would be safer in a different home. After going through her evaluations, Tipper's personality was determined to be a sidekick: a cat with a medium valence, energy and confidence level (curiosity), but with a high sociability. A sidekick cat is one who is happy to follow a person around, play occasionally, sit in one's lap, and does fine with introduction to new individuals and environments, but may need a couple more minutes to adjust than an animal with high valence. Tipper, when out of the kennel, loves to be groomed and petted while sitting in one's lap, purring and rubbing and will play if a string toy is presented, and is very curious. Due to this curious nature, Tipper should be kept as an indoor cat as she may have a tendency to stray if outside by herself. Overall Tipper would be perfect for someone that wants a mellow cat that is still playful, but is also confident. This demeanor means she will do well with children; however, she is not too fond of dogs and how well she will interact with other cats is unknown so introduce slowly. Do not overlook Tipper as her personality makes her very versatile in the type of owners she would please and get along with. Do not let her have to spend another day in a kennel after three months of waiting.
*Information was obtained through evaluations from workers at the Larimer Humane society.
*The Picture of Tipper was provided by the Larimer Humane Society.
