(An abridged version of last night's conversation.)

I say, "The kitty was just looking at something out the window, got freaked out and ran away."

Jeff, (on the phone) says, "He is such a wimp."

I say, "Yes, he's not very brave."

Jeff says, "I hate to break it to you, but Loki would probably be in Hufflepuff."

I laugh.

Jeff says, "Because he is also not that smart.  He doesn't even have a brain."

I say, "Hey!" (He is always saying the kitty doesn't have a brain.)

Jeff says, "Let's do all the pets we know!  Alice.  Alice is definitely a Slytherin.  She's ambitious and a little mean."

I agree.

"Now Guy.  Guy is a Gryffindor.  He is brave.  He stood up to that little dog, one time."

This goes on for a little while.  Most cats are either in Slytherin or Hufflepuff.  We only really know one dog, and she is a Gryiffindor, though more for being reckless than brave, which is an important distinction.  "Like Ron," Jeff says, "Mostly he just doesn't think.  Like Kaiser." 

We can't think of any pets that would belong to Ravenclaw.