Welcome to our family album page. We hope to keep this page fun and interesting. Through a series of photos you will be able to get a feel for the sort of enviroment our kittens are raised in. I will also be including photos and comments from our kittens and their new families on my Grannie's Brag Book.  Would love to hear your comments. Wisha a guide dog puppy we puppy walked has graduated and there is a link to her diary on each webpage.

DUDLEY DONKEY
Dudley joined us after the girls went to horse camp. They called saying dudley needed a home. He was meant to be a peace keeper among a herd of bulls, but he is too gentle. Apparently male donkeys will guard their herd, attacking wolves etc, and also will intervene with any infighting, which is where his role of peace keeper was meant to lie! He is a dear little man, and getting more accustomed to human contact. We had hoped he could live with the horses, but the two of them pick on him, relegating him to a corner of his paddock, while they eat his grass! so he is on his own, we are goat hunting for a paddock mate for him.
 
 
 

Gizmo arrived at 6 weeks old, still breast feeding, and Betty Boo as usual took over mothering him. Gizmo is Jessica's dog, he is half Chihuahua and half Pomeranian. Yammy thought he was all food and was gutted when he smelled like a dog!
Gizmo is sporting his full coat, and it is much less dense then we had feared and totally non shedding, which is a huge bonus. He is extremely clever and has his attitude under comtrol, with a lot of help from his human family!
 
 
 
 
 

Roxie is a three quarter standard poodle one quarter mastiff cross, she hides the mastiff well, but it is there mellowing her poodle bounce. Roxie is now 2 years old,  she is still a total delight. She breast feeds cats, shares her meals and bones and is just a total family member. At night she sleep on Chloe's bed, she loves co pilotting when in the car driving. Chloe is able to express herself with variable topiary hair cuts on Roxie, who takes her new looks all in her stride!

BUMBLE was a very lucky egg, deserted by her mother and about to be tossed in the compost when Chloe listened to it and she chirped at her. She was quickly peeled, and dried and kept warm and fed, that night she was snuck back under Mom. Alas in the morning she was cold and limp and near death, while her siblings were running about happily. She came back into the house and was warmed and fed and given walking lessons, and here she stays! Bumble has now graduated from our bedroom to an outside home, and she is starting to realize she may be a chook rather than a cat, parrot or human
 
 
 
 

Jessica is very fortunate, she has Maicha living with us for as long as she wants! Maicha is a delightful mare, kind and honest, her pink skin is an issue! She wears a mask that gives her quite a threatening look during the hot weather. She is the keeper of the drive and insists on a handout before allowing vehicles past!

Anna and Chloe have returned from a week long Horse Camp in Kati Kati and Anna did very well. They went swimming, did stock work, played games on horseback and rode for about six hours a day.

Magma, ruler of the house, friend and companion of my 17 year old son Joshua. Magma runs loose all day with our cats and insists on cleaning their ears and noses! He plays boxing games with the kittens and terrorizes the dogs, and Joshua's younger sister Jessica.  Jessica now has got her revenge. Ollie is  almost two years old and is just starting to talk, he says "Hello Ollie" and mutters and is whistling and imitating Magma!

This is Betty Lou, also known as BooBoo. Betty is well known as The Talking Dog, which she does indeed do. She is the daughter of our other Boston Terrier Sophie, known as Snort. Both of the Bostons adore the cats and frequently nurse the kittens.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 O'Malley is named after Thomas Omalley the alley cat in Aristocats, the fact that he is a Mallard helped with his name. He turned up in the middle of Hamilton a little fluffy duckling, with no family. He came home and was nursed to adulthood. He has decided to stay with us. We do clip his wings during duck shooting season, just in case. He has a harem of chooks, and a lily pond. Every morning he arrives waddling and demanding  his share of cat biscuits. On Winter evenings he climbs up to our spa on our deck, and keeps us company.

Typical Devon, scavenging for food, always check the dishwasher before turning it on!