Our ponies like to find somewhere different to go every day – one of them will decide to go down by the menage, or the hillside at the back of the stables, or into the front yard –  they have a lot of different options.   Today they headed off for the bank and scrambled […]

Ruby is a chestnut mare who has been in the sanctuary for the past ten years.   When her daughter, Daydream, was born, she was idolized by her mum from the start.  Usually, animals get fed up with their offspring and go back to leading independent lives when they grow up.   This doesn’t seem […]

Jack Russells – some folk love them, others think they are little rascals who nip your ankles.   Mork is definitely not the latter, he is a real sweetie and all he wants is fuss and more fuss.   Mork came in as a stray and wasn’t claimed which we found very surprising as he’s […]

We had several stray dogs in last week and one of them has very unusual characteristics.  He’s a big macho Rottweiler, full grown adult male, a chunky lad and fairly typical except ……he has bright china blue eyes.   He isn’t a friendly dog so far and these piercing blue eyes are a bit unnerving. […]

Biscuit and her friend Belinda enjoy a stroll out in the fields every day, but should this pregnant lady goat be staying closer to home?    We don’t know the exact date she is due but the large bulges on either side make it obvious that giving birth can’t be far away.   A few […]

Our view is that the only place for a rabbitskin fur coat is on the rabbit.   Sadly, the French children’s fashion house, Bonpoint, does not agree.   In its catalogue it shows little girls dressed in rabbit fur coats and wearing hats and carrying purses made from rabbit skins.   There is even a […]

Patrick is a handsome black and white cat who has been living at the sanctuary for several years.   Where did he come from?   Nobody knows.   This boycat suddenly appeared, he was wild at first  and we couldn’t get near him.   There was no chance of putting this fella into a pen […]

We adopted Beau from you last month.   Just to let you know that he’s settling in well and is a beloved member of our family. He has rounded out and now looks much more like a rottie. The cat is still a little wary as Beau is not averse to trying to play with […]

It’s been a very sad day for us, our dear friend Snowy has passed away to join the angel cats – and with tears in our eyes we are thinking of all the happiness he brought us and how much we will miss him.   Snowy  was a most handsome pure white cat with an […]