She is very sweet! She loves being petted! She has been socialized with my cats, both male and female, and she is a little unsure, but in no way aggressive, so I am sure if they spent more time together then she would be fine. She of course eats well and does very well with the litter box. She actually does a little jump thing. If your hand is just above her head, she will actually kind of bounce up a little bit to get your hand so that you pet her so she she is just wonderful. We haven't picked her up but when we had to to move her or whatever she doesn't seem aggressive about being picked up, there are no small children in my house so I can't speak to how she will be with small children, but there are dogs and she doesn't seem to be concerned with them.