Tigger is very alert to the tiniest signals you send out and may attach herself to cues you give, not because of training but because she has observed your habits. Thus, you may be sending messages she picks up without your knowing it and she can surprise you by being ahead of your game. If you vary your routine -- or hers -- it can be confusing and you might wind up starting all over again from the beginning. Tigger likes her world in order, and once you have ordered it, who are you to make a change in her life? That's how she feels about it, anyway, and she may not tell you but her actions will speak louder than words. Behavior is very important to Tigger, most particularly yours. If you miss a beat, she'll remind you.

Tigger's sheer personality sometimes outruns her brain, so you may have to calm her down a bit to get her to understand what you are saying. Get physical first, then get mental -- that's the order she likes it. Once you've got that settled, you're both speaking the same language and you can talk.

Faithful and fearless should be Tigger's middle names. Not foolhardy, mind you, but very sure of herself when push comes to shove, not confrontational, just gets her way. If Davey ("Know you're right, then go ahead") Crockett had a cat, Tigger would have been the one. She'll follow you to the Alamo, and beyond.

Tigger probably cares a lot more about how you arrange things than you might think. For her it's everything in its place or she'll tear it up and let chaos reign. Of course, what seems like chaos to you just might be her version of order. She'll be particularly good at obedience training and performing specific tasks, but only if you are very consistent with her. She may be on the finicky side in what she opts to participate in, with strong likes or dislikes, sometimes with a fine line between them. For that same reason, she can understand your peculiarities and fit in with them more than some humans you may know.

What you see, and hear, is what you get with Tigger because she doesn't divide her loyalties, or even her opinions. She's all there, 100% of the time, and totally up front about it. That also means she never stops, or lets go, until she finally falls asleep, and her personal attachments are total. This one will go down with the ship trying to save the last family member.

Tigger is quick off the mark, a cat of action. Although that makes her the first with the most, she can also get ahead of you when you're not ready for it. That can get her into accidents or confrontations that she acts on in a microsecond while you're still surveying the situation. Sometimes, holding her with a tight lead is wise.

Tigger has a deep well of feelings that is never fully tapped because she expresses them with such ease. Warmth and enthusiasm flow readily, but without spilling all over the place as with some cats. You can depend on Tigger coming up with a quiet but original way to show how much she understands you, but without making a huge display of it.

Training Tigger can be an adventure unto itself, with more than a few surprises. When you think she'll zig, she zags. Predicting her moves and her moods may be difficult, but it won't be boring. She's at her best when coming up with new tricks you didn't intend to teach her.