This week's Kitten's Guide looks at the car. First, it's important to realise that there are two types of car. One is evil and patrols the grey paths at frightening speeds looking for little kittens to gobble up. And the other is our friend. It does useful things like hunt for food tins and take the dog to the vet (and far away woody places where ( Read more... )

Well Bridgend actually but it's close. This is the story of Weasel, an abandoned border terrier puppy who was born without ears. The full story's here . Vets believe he may have functioning ears behind the layer of skin that currently covers them ( Read more... )

Rank smells - the ranker the better - would drive our dog Zaphod nuts. He'd seek them out and roll in them. Grinding the noxious source into his fur by repeated dives, rolls and shoulder slides. No amount of calling could drag him off. And a bath would have to follow - with much scrubbing, rubber gloves, and Hasmat clothing ( Read more... )

I did a lot of sheep handling yesterday - I'm a smallholder so I'm allowed to say things like that - and consequently my clothes acquired a ripe sheepy smell. It's tupping time in sheepland so everyone is extra musky ( Read more... )

The tribbles continue to thrive and are all sworn to their best behaviour - no diarrhoea on a first date - for the arrival tomorrow of the first prospective new family. I think they're only looking for one tribble. Another family are going to take a boy when they return from holiday next month ( Read more... )

No partridges, no pear trees but plenty of kittens for this week's Kitten Picture Wednesday. But first a progress report: The Ginger Five are getting bigger and stronger and ... almost housetrained. Well, they passed a night without passing anything else on the floor. Thank God for dual litter trays ( Read more... )

Yes, it's Kitten Picture Wednesday and first up we have Xena showing off her gardening skills. She's weeding four holly seedlings she prepared earlier.

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(to recap: Shelagh and her psychotic, gelding-hating horse, Rhiannon, are going for a ride in the forest with Chantal, Veronique and four circling dogs - three of whom belong to Chantal. Oh, and Shelagh's just caused a stampede ( Read more... )

(to recap: Shelagh and her psychotic, gelding-hating horse, Rhiannon, are going for a ride in the forest with Chantal, Veronique and four circling dogs ( Read more... )

(to recap: Shelagh and her psychotic Arab mare, Rhiannon, had been invited to ride with Chantal and Veronique - the fools ( Read more... )