Magical Mini Panther

Oni was very small when she showed up and begged to come inside, so I originally thought she was a few months old.  But as Oni aged she did not grow into an adult-sized body, so I had to rethink her age and consider that she might be older than I thought, so I have always guesstimated her age. But in any event she was this tiny black kitten with huge green eyes and we all loved her immediately, Brutus included. She slept with Brutus and they sunned together on the cat tree/scratch post. They were siblings, but the kind that really liked each other. She learned from Bru and her humans, so she most definitely has some cat traits but she also has dog and human mannerisms in her bag of tricks....and she has this talent of being able to mimic other creatures.

When Oni watches birds, she chirps to them.
When I am not responding to her meows, she stands on her hind legs and waves her little jazz paw at me to get my attention.  (Learned when I would wave to get her attention.)

Mostly she mimics Brutus.

When she learned of this magical thing, the treat, she started sitting next to Brutus so she could get in on this action. She has since parlayed this into getting treats from some of my clients as she has learned which ones love on Brutus and knows that she should definitely greet them as well...cause treats. She and Brutus chase the red dot of mystery and they hunt and play fight with each other. Lately she has decided that she wants to play wrestle and roll around on the floor with Brutus and me. She runs in and head butts me and flops over on her back and wiggles her paws up in the air....like Brutus and I were doing. When we wrestled, she would insert herself into the mix when she found an opening. I told my friend she was more dog than cat some days.

Today was one of those dog and human mixed days for Oni. Brutus is on a sleepover so Oni assumes his jobs in his absence. (I have no idea why or how this came to be, but she has made it so.) Brutus is the official squirrel chaser in our family, I am the official squirrel hunter. Today Oni took this task to the next level. When we saw the squirrel out back, I reached for my bb gun and Oni ran to the sliders and meowed repeatedly until I said "Okay!". She obviously wanted to chase the squirrel off the deck like Bru does, so I figured why not.  When I cracked the door she ran out onto the deck, stood up on her hind-legs and started waving her front paws and meowing like a maniac. When it was all clear she strutted back in meowing of her victory.  She learned this from Brutus and me. We run out on the deck, I yell, he barks and then we return like the badass squirrel conquerors that we are. We may not be the most effective pest control but by gosh we are the most comical.