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I remember being electrocuted by a cattle fence once, not fun!

OUCH!!

That was the cleanest word used when it happened

I got a bit of a shock when my daughter arrived in the kitchen with 2 enormous goats on dog leads last summer

We were staying on a Dorset farm and she'd gone to the farm up the lane and asked if she could take them for a walk

She walks all the neighbourhood dogs at home in Battersea free of charge - she just LOVES animals - but one doesn't expect to see five foot tall goats nibbling at the salad in the kitchen!

My girls used to walk dogs at the local re-homing centre when we were in Devon - as I was working we couldn`t have a dog of our own. Now we have a dog of our own , guess who DOESN`T walk her??!!

I had the same story with

The hamster

Who cleaned the stinking cage?

The Rabbit

Who went out in rain and snow to feed it?

And now TWO cats

Who feeds, strokes, waters, takes them to vet, shells out vast amounts of £££ there???

You know the answer

And I still adore my daughter

Silly man!

and yet they always claim it`s "their" pet!!

I`d better go and earn some pennies now!!

So true

The last time I was about to go to the vet I started eyeing a sack in the garden and thinking of the proximity of the river...

only joking

huntertitus wrote:I got a bit of a shock when my daughter arrived in the kitchen with 2 enormous goats on dog leads last summer

We were staying on a Dorset farm and she'd gone to the farm up the lane and asked if she could take them for a walk

She walks all the neighbourhood dogs at home in Battersea free of charge - she just LOVES animals - but one doesn't expect to see five foot tall goats nibbling at the salad in the kitchen!

Oh you townie

My daughter once took her 16.3 thoroughbred into her bedroom.
'Aw come on Mum. He was all tacked up ready to go when I realised that I had forgotten my gloves, and I didn't want to put his halter back on.' - had better explain that the house is single storey, with brick tiled floor, and that Jess has french doors opening into the garden.

Then there was the time that I had a three month old Jersey heifer in the back of the Laser. Fortunately, she was a twin and small for her age. Or the time that I had four lusty teenagers, myself, and a teenage goat in the same smallish car.

Willie the Wether can nut the front door open, and checks out the kitchen for biscuits. One day, while we were out, he ventured in the bathroom, and the door closed behind him. He was most indignant when discovered.

Our recently deceased (aged 9 or 10 - we lost count of the years) chooks
would walk into the house if the door was open, and were often observed attempting to negotiate the cat flap.

None of this would be remotely funny if we had carpeted floors, but brick pavers are reasonably easy to clean and disinfect.

Changing tack: are you willing to share where in Battersea you live? My family lived in Culvert Road, and I participate in an Old Battersea web group.

And we thought we had problems when our cat brought a still flapping bird in!

soc wrote:JT is a hero

isn't he just?

anyone know how to find a missing file pic that is in adobe photoshop but refuses to come out of hiding?? I can see it but it won`t let itself be sent elsewhere!!

Off hand the only thing I can think of is a progamme called handy recovery but I am no PC expert. JT might know

what`s that?

BTW its wine time, not coffee!!