last two lurcher dogs: Sandy and Sheba
(homed after the old "I am going to shoot all the puppies in the morning" trick!)
Before that another wonderful collie cross lurcher, extravagantly named Falstaff (in honour of his fat little belly as a puppy, and after Robert Nye rather than Will S)
Three current cats, dropped as kittens by crafty little tabby who adopted us a few days before:
Weed (cause he nearly died when mum deserted them at two days, and we kept him alive with a dropper) - now a sleek jet-black killing machine, who will deign to sleep upside down on his back on our bed, sometimes squirelling down under the sheets to sink his claws playfully into any convenient bits...
Grace: a beautiful lithe and effeminate mottled grey kitten who, er, turned out to also be a tomcat ; )
Badger: a strikingly handsome little lion, fluffy dark grey with white socks and chest, with the badger-striped nose. He sings whilst eating, with a hint of Siamese in the tones.
/drivel
