You might figure from the name of this website that we have a dog and not a cat. We did have a dog a few years ago and when we got Jackson I thought he was everything I’d ever wanted. To be completely honest, I think John and I both felt really stressed not long after we got him. Working and making sure he had the walks he needed etc. was a lot of hard work. We got Jackson as a puppy and figured we would have a good few years with him before having
A few months ago I wrote about both of our rabbits sadly dying within a couple of days for each other. At the time we said no more pets, at least not for a while. As time went on I particularly felt like something was missing. The house and garden was too quiet. It just didn’t feel right any more. We’ve had pets since we moved into this house so it definitely felt wrong without one. For quite some time now Erin had been asking for a pet cat. I was unsure at first. It
When we took in Jara we did already have a cat flap installed in our back door. It was there when we bought the house and although we had no need for it, it wasn’t as though we could just fill in the hole in the door, so we left it! When Jara came to live with us she had been an outdoor cat for the most part and was used to being out and about most of the day. We didn’t want to stop that but we also didn’t want any other cats to
