?At this time of year, we are half way between the over-indulgence of Christmas and the annual ritual of New Year Resolutions to tackle the consequences of this over-indulgence.
?This is not a good week to be a turkey. Around a million turkeys are prepared, cooked and eaten on Christmas Day in Ireland. It’s a remarkably seasonal business.
Nola is a three-year-old crossbred border terrier. Recently, she’s started doing something that’s upsetting everybody in the home: for no obvious reason she’s started barking at 3 o’clock in the morning. When her owners wake up, they go down to find out what’s wrong and she obviously can’t explain. They let her outside into the garden, she sniffs around and then comes back in again. She then goes back to sleep but her unhappy owners are left wide-awake.
I have three cats in my home: one is a traditional indoor-outdoor cat, a Maine Coon called Peig. The other two are indoor-only pets: Moe and Peggy, who are Devon Rex cats. Why do I choose these different lifestyles for my three feline friends?