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Sorry, mate.

Cheers folks, he did well. Nearly lost him a couple of times, tough little cookie, reached the ripe old age of 7.

Sorry to hear that, buddy.

My lawks 7 is a grand old age for an gippynig. Such lovely little noise potatoes.

How the hell am I supposed to play Civilization VI with such handicaps?

Awwww, she’s so at home.

We adopted a bulldog, this is beans. She's a menace.

Beautiful Beans!

Hi Beans!

Ingrates had another "Outside Introduction Day" and spent it in the hutch then smashed through all the food like they had been deprived of it all day despite having the run of the garden. Ratty is getting larger.

How are JiJi and Beans doing, folks?

Don't believe her, she's been fed and is definitely NOT starving.

I love her one white whisker! Is she a cuddler?

Like a baby. she flops onto her back in my arms while I rub her belly. She likes falling asleep like that.

Fox got a pig when we were at the pub.

Aw that’s terrible, so sorry to hear that.

Cheers, man. Found some tufts of fur behind a bush. No other signs of anything .Tough six months for piggy attrition

Sorry to hear this Mali.

The vet suggested we get Topher some Feliway, I think it's working.

Had to say goodbye to Peggy.

She was my constant companion for the last 11 years and I'm going to miss her terribly. She got me through more than one bad time, just by alwatys being there. She loved snoozing in front of the fire, peas and licking people's toes. She hated seagulls, vacuum cleaners and mobile phones on "vibrate" mode. Kids would come up to her and hug her and old men in pubs would tell me stories about their Jack Russels from their youth when they saw her. She never asked for anything other than to be in the middle of what ever was going on and would happily fall asleep in the lap of complete strangers if they'd let her.

So long, friend.

Sorry for your loss, Squirt. She does look very friendly indeed, and not the stereotypical postman-hating Jack Russell.

So sorry man. She sounds awesome x

So sorry for your loss, Squirt. That’s a great photo, she looked very cute too. Was always a highlight when she popped her head in to see what was going on in our D&D sessions.

We have a vicious guard dog staying for a few days.

Intruders beware.

I thought those had to be muzzled in public?!

No, children are ok in open spaces

Ah, ok.

I'm sat outside the vet with the last of our original 3 chickens, Daub. Like Thatch a couple of months back it seems a 7th winter moulting was just too much for her.

The paranoid part of me wonders what we've done or not done that all 3, different varieties, have gone within the year.

Left to right, Wattle, Thatch, Daub. Oddly, the order they stood day 1 is the order they left.

We are on our way home with Super Noodle

Hey Super Noodle!

Remember, Mimi, a dog isn’t just for Christmas…

There’s the Boxing Day sandwiches too.

Leftovers go in curry, as any fule knows.

When we took Noodle in for a health check, both the vet who gave her a physical examination and the two receptionists kept referring to her as a ‘he’. After a while I thought I’d better just make sure and said ‘can I just check… she is a girl puppy, right? I just want to double check as everyone here keeps referring to her as a male pup’.

The receptionist said ’Oh, it’s just because she has that kind of boy look about her. You know what I mean. She just looks kind of ______? (Gestures vaguely) She hasn’t got a pretty face. Not yet anyway. She might get a pretty face later’.

I can’t believe they dead-ass said I had an ugly pup.

I spent a long time brushing our two lazy old doggies (they are both around 14 years old) this weekend. I'm always amazed at the amount of fur that comes out from the smaller dog.

They seemed to really enjoy it, and I found it therapeutic too. Plus now they look all smart again and I think they feel better too.

I think the appropriate response there Mimi is "dude can you even vet?!"

Nutmeg still sheds a full dog's worth of fur every day. It's unbelievable, just ask our robot hoover.

After 4 years we did her first at-home wash in the bath the other day, she tried really hard - as did we, it's been groomer or nothing until now.

She's probably not going to be as keen to show off how she's figured out stairs from now on.

The shampoo has left her fur feeling really odd - as if it's going to leave your fingers realty oily, but then they're dry. Bizarre.

Honestly, it was funny. I am sure that there are many pet owners that would have been upset, but I was just standing there watching this woman dig deeper and deeper into why she thought our puppy was ugly and seemingly thought that everyone was lie did, too.

That is not an unattractive dog.

Aw, thank you! You were the first guests she’s met!

She’s a lovely looking dog!

She’s adorable.At least 2/3rds of the time we were there, she was asleep but was ever so well behaved when awake, and she’s so soft and fluffy!

I think she’s cute (and yes, she really is super soft and fluffy), but I guess at the vets everyone has a different idea of what a cute dog looks like. I am just super surprised that they decide to voice their opinions when they maybe aren’t positive

She is back asleep again, Dr Z