Category Pets

Horace gets a haircut

Horace went to the vet yesterday for a haircut. And here he is finding a bit of blanket which has fallen off the sofa. He can get on the sofa, well, he could, but he’s currently forgotten how. When they…

Emergency Visit to the Vet with Charlie

Here’s Charlie sleeping soundly after an emergency visit to the vet. She had a seizure, which was the first for a couple of months, but we’d hoped that after the last cluster she would have a few clear months, so…

Pixie goes to the vet

Pixie has to go to the vet in Burela every six or so months for a blood test so they can check the levels of medication she’s takes. It’s always a bit traumatic as she doesn’t like going – and…

Primrose goes to the dentist

Primrose got the OK to have an op at the vet so we took her in to have, what we thought was going to be her tooth removed. It turns out, they were able to clear the build up from…

Cat Tree

Ian built a cat tree so we can keep the cat food away from the dogs. Previously, we’d had the cat food in the little hallway that leads off the living room, that Ian cut a ‘cat flap’ through just…

Ludvig upsets Google

You wouldn’t have thought this was possible – however Ludvig managed to upset Google Home (our version of Alexa). We have one near him which is his chat buddy. He asks it what the weather is like, to turn on…

Hidden Camera…

Ludvig won’t talk in front of the camera – so I thought I’d hide the camera and go away to record him chatting away to himself. Here he is, he’s just learning ‘hey ho, let’s go’ so he’s busy practicing…

We say goodbye to Pirata

This came as a bit of a shock, but yesterday we had Pirata put to sleep. He had kidney failure which was advanced, and we took him to the vet on Tuesday as he wasn’t eating and then he deteriated…

We say goodbye to Wilbur

Yesterday we said goodbye to Wilbur. At 13, he was a pretty good age for a dog of his size, and certainly for one with a rough start in life. His legs were getting increasingly weak and we wanted to…