Category: Pets

“Such a vicious kitten,” I enjoy cooing to Horace, possibly the sookiest cat ever to walk the earth, while tickling his tummy. “What a vicious kitty-cat.” However, he can occasionally live up to his lion-like looks and get destructive with various household accessories. (He’s a Norwegian Forest Cat cross Persian, the result of our friend’s…

Horace getting his allowance of Vitamin D, basking in a patch of sunshine by the open front door.

This rottweiler puppy is going to start training as a guard dog in the new year – at the moment though, she’s rather sweet, especially when occupied in chewing on a stick rather than growling and trying to attack your ankles.

It was my husband who introduced me to Staffordshire terriers, a breed of dog which had never particularly appealed to me before (I grew up with a poodle!).  But now I really like their happy personalities, boisterous eagerness to play, and that solid, uncompromising wedge-shaped head.  This little guy is named Edgar, and is very sweet indeed.