I got Sassy in 1994, oddly enough on the exact day I found out my only sister and her family were moving, so I knew we were meant to be together!!! My niece had just seen "Homeward Bound" and the cat in that movie was named Sassy. When I asked my niece what to name my new cat, she picked that name and it stuck. Sassy was large when I got her, but as Sassy got older she also got a bit BIGGER. One night, some friends and I were trying to match personalities with our pets and, lo and behold, the winter Olympics in Japan were broadcasting a story about Sumo wrestlers, and we decided that was Sassy's alter-ego!!!