I've never been a particularly pro-pet person: I'm very much an urban soul and I'm really not convinced that animals and cities go all that well together. He lives in Dorset with his wife Philippa and daughter Emily and their horses, chickens, three dogs and a cat.

Me and My Pets Medium Twin Raised Feeding Bowl

I thought she was probably the dog that would never be taken so I said, "Sod it, never mind my big brown dog, I'll take her home. All my dogs sleep on the bed and once you get dogs sleeping together you know that everything is going to be all right.And through the underfelt and into the floor of the cottage we're camped in at the moment while our house is being rebuilt.

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They're a pretty basic animal and only do about four things, most of which you have to clear up afterwards so there isn't that much entertainment value in them. From running away every time I said, "Boo", she's now all over me and spends an enormous amount of time on her hind legs holding on to me with her forepaws and pretending to be a three-year-old child.First of all we bought them a little house to live in that wasn't very nice and, me being a sucker for these things, we ended up getting a specially commissioned house. Dogs are wonderful because they don't care what one looks like first thing in the morning and they're easy to live with.