She has a small two-bedroom apartment on the Ocean, and she has four cats and a dog. With Kodi Bear and Kodi's cat it became pretty crowded.

The best part was that, even though two of Mel's cats are butch, outdoor tough tomcats, my little Mr. Peterson (at 8 pounds) kept them holed up in Mel's bedroom. Mr. P would sit in the living room all day and watch the bedroom door, and when one of them would peer out, she'd have a hissy fit, and they'd retreat back into the bedroom rather than deal with the anti-social cat. Silly Mr. P.