*You Are Not Welcome Here*

Our house is full of adults and we do not have company over that often so they do not deal well with guests, especially children.  When we have company over, each of our cats does something different.  Our oldest cat, Pouncer, will sit at a comfortable distance and stare out the window while still keeping an eye on everyone.  If a child decides to get too close or try to pet her, she will start to hiss.  She has never bitten anyone but we do not want to take the chance so if we see a child near her, we keep a very close eye on both her and the kid.  If an adult decides to get near her, she will tolerate petting for about one minute then start to hiss.  Our middle cat, Pyrrha, goes completely nuts.  She demands to be where everyone is to see what is going on and to try and bully them out of the house.  She will go up and smell them, then hiss.  She will run at them, stop and hiss.  She will glare and try to intimidate them until they leave.  She gets very upset and we sometimes have to put her upstairs so she can calm down and so she does not actually attack anyone.  Most of our friends find it funny, but she also has never bitten anyone and we do not want to push her to that point.  Our youngest cat, Isis, hides.  It is a rare occasion if any of our guests see her and if they do, it is usually a flash of grey.