Little furry friends

When we lived in the country we didn’t have a cat or a dog.  We had a succession of other small furry creatures.  The was a rabbit called Rosco.  He was a nice black rabbit and he liked to live in a rotating cylinder of chicken wire, so that he could circle the lawn, eating [...]

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One day I was sitting in the fish and chips in Ballarat with Jessica, waiting for our fish and chips to be cooked.  They had special seats for people waiting for take away.  They had kindly left some magazines there for us to read.  I picked up an old copy of Woman’s Weekly and was thumbing through it.  [...]

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We had a wonderful dog called The Woozel.  We found her in a pet shop in Ballarat.  They said that she was a cross between a dachshund and a corgi.  She had tufty corgi hair on her chest and she had a dachshund face and paws.She loved to chase a tennis ball.  She would go [...]

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    I have called this story Rather Shocking Behaviour because of what Pedro did in this story but also to recognise that some of my readers are mouse lovers.           So here is another Pedro story.  He was a school cat and this is a good example that shows how he adapted himself to the [...]

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Zelda doesn’t care about camellias.  I don’t think that she really knows what a camellia is.  You know those bushes that have flowers that look a bit like roses and flower when nothing else is flowering?  And they don’t have any perfume?Anyway Zelda doesn’t care about them.  

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Zelda would like to put out a warning of the dangers of Long Grass and Fluffy Doona Covers, especially for those of us who have short legs.  There is an extra danger if the person walks on four legs.Fortunately there is a remedy.  Zelda calls it Frog Leaping and refuses to consider the term Bunny Jumping as [...]

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 The house we lived in was an old victorian one with a large attic and some little stairs that led up to the roof.  The roof was quite flat on top and it had a little iron fence running around it. When the roof started leaking they discovered that the leaks were caused by the fence [...]

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My mother had a cat called Pedro.  We used to call him Pedro the Fisherman Cat.  He was grey and tabby and a very handsome gentleman.  Of course he had to share the house with Chloe.  You remember, the dog on a tilt?  If you don’t, read the story called Chloe – a Dog of [...]

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This is Esmarelda.  She is a burmese kitten.She looks like a sweet little kitten.But oh no.  Under that soft fur, behind that pretty little face……is a spit fire…a kamacazi cat… 

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Zelda enjoys the holidays.  She likes the company and is ever hopeful of extra snacks.  However there have been no extra treats.  Because….(in a whisper)  Zelda has become rather fat.  
There I’ve said it!  
For someone with such short legs…well what can I say…I have read some articles about dachshunds and they say that the standard [...]

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