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A view of Edinburgh Castle and a cat in the dentist’s car seat (Rousse)

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I didn’t miss the city when we moved to the outskirts of Edinburgh. Our house was a luxurious new-build with an extraordinary number of bathrooms. From a thin window on the top floor, we could see in the … Continue reading →

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A pet lamb, a Schnauzer, and a monkey (Rousse)

Posted on July 24, 2024 by Dreamaticus

TPR conceded that since our elderly long-term lodger kept us at home much of the year, we could add to our menagerie of creatures. I ordered online a white pet lamb, an overweight Schnauzer dog, and a little monkey. They … Continue reading →

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Petting super furry golden brown bunnies (Rousse)

Posted on April 21, 2024 by Dreamaticus

My friend invited me round to see her latest pets: two golden brown bunnies. They were so soft to touch, and didn’t seem to mind being petted. I was surprised to feel such tiny bodies under the mass of fur.

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Magpie and Mouse (Belle)

Posted on February 16, 2023 by Dreamaticus

My resident magpie returned from his morning walk leading a mouse on a tiny leash. I’d never really considered that my pets would want pets of their own and I wasn’t too happy about a mouse moving in. However, within … Continue reading →

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Foxy pet (Rousse)

Posted on March 16, 2022 by Dreamaticus

TPR and I brought a live souvenir home from our holiday: a pet fox. It was so tame that it would roll on to its back to invite us to tickle his tummy, just like a wee ginger dog.

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Blue Peter’s Patch lives! (Rousse)

Posted on October 29, 2018 by Dreamaticus

As a former Blue Peter presenter, I cared for the programme’s dog Patch well into his old age. (Many people mistakenly believed the BBC’s story that the pet had died in the early 1970s. This simply was not true, and … Continue reading →

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Checking for Czechs (Rousse)

Posted on February 24, 2018 by Dreamaticus

I tried walking home along country lanes at night time, but this proved too dangerous. Even in flashing trainers it soon became obvious that drivers could not see me, and that I was risking my life. I changed my plan … Continue reading →

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Dying gerbil mistaken for dog (Rousse)

Posted on October 22, 2017 by Dreamaticus

Like all farming families, we had many pets. In our household my Granny T was the one responsible for feeding and tidying up after them. So when LTP&S came to visit and P asked about the dying dog in the … Continue reading →

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Teesside veterinary practice moves south to Leeds LS1 (Rousse)

Posted on April 4, 2017 by Dreamaticus

‘If the practice moves to Leeds where will the pets of Teesside be treated?’ I asked. The two young vets glanced guiltily at each other, and then their lawyer. The three of them were sitting the green sofa at my … Continue reading →

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Island holiday apartments with pets (Rousse)

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Dreamaticus

P and SM, L and TF, and TPR and I all owned holiday apartments on a remote exotic island – which we hardly ever used. When we first bought the properties they each came with a set of live pets … Continue reading →

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