Wow Salino, that was exciting, never seen a dog race before, you must be very proud of him.
We have 2 cats, both of which spend most of their time in the garden and prefer the most comfortable places, e.g. garden loungers. They have a special corner of the garden as a cat litter, but have been caught in the neighbour's garden occasionally. Neighbour has installed a sonar cat repellent, but on the whole is very tolerant and will even feed them when we are away.
My lovely cat called Tiny is 18 now. I had her when I was 8.
She follows me everywhere and will come watch when I am pottering around the garden
Although she still likes to go toilet in the flower bed closest to the house, she doesnt make much of a mess or dig over any plants so its easy to clean up
This is my dog Khan guarding the chicks. Sadly he's feeling his age now. He's 11 which is quite old for a big dog. My best friend.
Ah, isn't he lovely, my favourite breed, used to have one many moons ago. Would have another but am too old to keep up with a dog that needs to be kept busy.
We have 2 guinee pigs - Timba and Benji ( and yes the poo is great in the compost )
8 Chickens - Herriet, Poppy, Dorothy, Mabel, all three yrs old and Fudge, skittles, sherbet, and Rolo all new this summer
One dog - Jilly a golden lab, 5 yrs this summer, we have had her for 3, from WoodGreen, she had been very badly treated and is still very shy and will only eat food I cook for her ( sensative tummy ) we still have to make a show of giving her the food even though its in her own bowl, she wouldn't eat otherwise you can leave anything on the floor even a biscuit and she wouldn't touch it. Shes a pain with the chickens though we can only let them out if she is in the house .
We use to have a cat - Boffin, he lived to 22 !!, sadly we lost him 4 yrs ago.
So good to hear of people recuing ill treated animals. Until recent years I always had cats, but that is not possible here at present. Never found a difficulty with gardening and felines, the Siamese used to love to help.
I've got an ancient red setter/ collie x who's now nearly 17. I got her from the RSPCA when she was 21/2, and she soon learned that she wasn't to go on the flowerbeds! But she loves eating couch grass, so would lean over as far as she could to get it. Either she's too old now, or my weeding's got better. We used to go for long moorland rambles, but she loves her daily potter downtown, sniffing at everything, and wandering into the local ironmongers where they make a huge fuss of her and give her a gravy bone.
Our cat is 20 now and rarely even looks out the window, let alone ventures outside, but we have almost-daily visits from 'Jack' - a battered, feral Tom cat who now has a sense of such entitlement that he loudly tells us off if his dinner isn't waiting for him on the veranda when he comes calling. We also, as a result of feeding 'Jack', get regular visits from a particularly chubby neighbour's cat who also now tells us off if we don't feed him when he comes calling.
We also have a fox den under the potting shed and the vixen who lives there has litters of 4 or 5 each year. By late autumn we have 5 or 6 fully grown foxes to feed (I've found that feeding the m prevents the destruction they cause if they are hungry) but the vixen drives the 'teenagers' off before spring and then we start again.
And, as if our animal feeding bill wasn't enough, I've given up trying to de-squirrel the bird table and have 'adopted' the clever pair who managed to defy every deterrant and now simply have added a squirrel feeding station that is replenished with nuts daily
I love Khan, we had a German Shepherd many years ago called Tara, she totally respected the garden. She would play on the lawn with her ball and if went into the flowerbeds she would sit beside them and wait for someone to retrieve it for her. I now have a young westie called Angus, he is not quite so good with the flowerbeds just yet, bit too young yet but we are getting there. Pets are part of the garden it is their garden too -they just need to be trained to know their boundaries and gardeners and pets can live happily together.
I also have two cats aged 15 and 16, they are in charge as far as the dog is concerned.
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Wow Salino, that was exciting, never seen a dog race before, you must be very proud of him.
We have 2 cats, both of which spend most of their time in the garden and prefer the most comfortable places, e.g. garden loungers. They have a special corner of the garden as a cat litter, but have been caught in the neighbour's garden occasionally. Neighbour has installed a sonar cat repellent, but on the whole is very tolerant and will even feed them when we are away.
Butter wouldn't melt in their mouths!
This is my dog Khan guarding the chicks. Sadly he's feeling his age now. He's 11 which is quite old for a big dog. My best friend.
My lovely cat called Tiny is 18 now. I had her when I was 8.
She follows me everywhere and will come watch when I am pottering around the garden
Although she still likes to go toilet in the flower bed closest to the house, she doesnt make much of a mess or dig over any plants so its easy to clean up
Ah, isn't he lovely, my favourite breed, used to have one many moons ago. Would have another but am too old to keep up with a dog that needs to be kept busy.
Khan is lovely, and so good with the chickens
We have 2 guinee pigs - Timba and Benji ( and yes the poo is great in the compost )
8 Chickens - Herriet, Poppy, Dorothy, Mabel, all three yrs old and Fudge, skittles, sherbet, and Rolo all new this summer
One dog - Jilly a golden lab, 5 yrs this summer, we have had her for 3, from WoodGreen, she had been very badly treated and is still very shy and will only eat food I cook for her ( sensative tummy ) we still have to make a show of giving her the food even though its in her own bowl, she wouldn't eat otherwise you can leave anything on the floor even a biscuit and she wouldn't touch it. Shes a pain with the chickens though we can only let them out if she is in the house
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We use to have a cat - Boffin, he lived to 22 !!, sadly we lost him 4 yrs ago.
So good to hear of people recuing ill treated animals. Until recent years I always had cats, but that is not possible here at present. Never found a difficulty with gardening and felines, the Siamese used to love to help.
I've got an ancient red setter/ collie x who's now nearly 17. I got her from the RSPCA when she was 21/2, and she soon learned that she wasn't to go on the flowerbeds! But she loves eating couch grass, so would lean over as far as she could to get it. Either she's too old now, or my weeding's got better. We used to go for long moorland rambles, but she loves her daily potter downtown, sniffing at everything, and wandering into the local ironmongers where they make a huge fuss of her and give her a gravy bone.
Our cat is 20 now and rarely even looks out the window, let alone ventures outside, but we have almost-daily visits from 'Jack' - a battered, feral Tom cat who now has a sense of such entitlement that he loudly tells us off if his dinner isn't waiting for him on the veranda when he comes calling. We also, as a result of feeding 'Jack', get regular visits from a particularly chubby neighbour's cat who also now tells us off if we don't feed him when he comes calling.
We also have a fox den under the potting shed and the vixen who lives there has litters of 4 or 5 each year. By late autumn we have 5 or 6 fully grown foxes to feed (I've found that feeding the m prevents the destruction they cause if they are hungry) but the vixen drives the 'teenagers' off before spring and then we start again.
And, as if our animal feeding bill wasn't enough, I've given up trying to de-squirrel the bird table and have 'adopted' the clever pair who managed to defy every deterrant and now simply have added a squirrel feeding station that is replenished with nuts daily
I love Khan, we had a German Shepherd many years ago called Tara, she totally respected the garden. She would play on the lawn with her ball and if went into the flowerbeds she would sit beside them and wait for someone to retrieve it for her. I now have a young westie called Angus, he is not quite so good with the flowerbeds just yet, bit too young yet but we are getting there. Pets are part of the garden it is their garden too -they just need to be trained to know their boundaries and gardeners and pets can live happily together.
I also have two cats aged 15 and 16, they are in charge as far as the dog is concerned.