Hi all
After my post for my Moving along with the Times this last week it set me off thinking about my pets over the years and over on our DT blog we've been sharing photos and stories and I have so enjoyed it - so decided to share here too. if you're an animal lover you might enjoy my trip down memory lane - if not just switch off now!!!
I went off looking through our boxes of old photos after I persuaded my DH to get them out of the loft. I didn't find them all -you'll be glad to hear! -but it kept us all amused this cold rainy weekend and gave me these old and not so old photos to share with you here.....
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| Me and Kim |
Kim - my first dog that I had from about the age of 7 and she lived until she was 15, (I think I was about 10 in this photo) she was from a litter of puppies my Grandma's dog had - my Mam said she knew that we'd end up with one - and we did!! - We'd had a black and white cat (Cookie) before that who just disappeared one day - the way cats do, I know I've got a couple of photos but didn't come across them. While I was young my Dad also used to breed budgies - think that's where I got the animal gene!!
Next came Sunny the dog we got shortly after we got married, she was a border collie cross - more cross than border collie!! We had her for 13 years - she had that awful trip to the vet just weeks after my youngest son was born.
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| Sunny |
We had a break of a couple of years with no dog but we had budgies (Peter and Wendy) and guinea pigs. We had 3 guinea pigs, who were brothers they were long haired shelties like little yorkshire terriers - I used to have to bath them and cut their hair!
They were called Badger, Cuddles and Tiny. This picture is of my son Matthew with Badger. We had them for about 5 or 6 years
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| Matthew and Badger It really kicked off when we got our first Labrador Heidi She was a lovely gentle dog - if not a bit nuts!! We had her for almost 14 years |
Heidi aged around 2
At the same time we got our brown tabby Persian Toby
- the most beautiful cat of all
(terrible photo I know)
and terrible carpet - it came with the house!!
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| Toby |
he was closely followed by Jack the ginger mog
and the British Shorthairs that I bred and showed
We had a lilac colour point Lucy
Jack and Lucy
Lucy was a lovely cat but suffered from progressive retinal atrophy and went blind before she was 3
She couldn't cope in a multi cat house so she went to live with a friend of mine and lived happily until just a couple of years ago. I never bred from her and was so glad because the condition was hereditary - but I would have loved colourpoint kittens.
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| Toby and Lucy |
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| Lucy as a kitten |
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| Matthew with Jack - out of my 3 kids he is the one who loved the animals most |
We bred mainly British silver tipped and my breeding queen was Rosie
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| Rosie She was mum to my lovely Barney and his sister Annie who we also kept
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6 comments:
Awh hun, what a bitter sweet trip down memory lane this must have been, and what gorgeous furry friends you have had to share your life with. Thank you for sharing them with us. Hugs xx
Oh dear me Judith, the tears are welling but ones of the nicest kind.
When we lost Buffy my lab last year my hubby mentioned the the vet it's such a shame that our pets lives are short compared to humans. His answer was that it was a good thing as it would be so hard for them to fit into new families if they outlived us as a normality.
And I guess there is a lot of truth in that comment.
B x
Lovely to take a trip down memory lane with you Judith.. Susan x
So interesting to read about your cats and dogs. It's the same here. Then we moved out to the country many years ago, we have had several cats and three dogs. Now, since the kids moved, we only have a dog and a cat. When Ajax was young we went around at shows. It was so much fun. He became both Swedish, Norwegian and international champion. Now he is almost 13 years old. I was so inspired by your last card so I also did a dog/cat cards. Have to ask ..... do you go to the fair at Alexandra Palace in London? Have a great week are Eva
Oooo what a fabby look back at your pets and they are all so cute and adorable, Luv Sam x
What a gorgeous array of pets, I wasn't allowed any pets when I was growing up. I have made up for it since being married. My Granddad use to breed budgies, I use to love visiting him to go into his shed with him.
Hugs
Cathy
Xxxx
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