I used to have both cats and dogs and they generally co-existed. However, when I brought a rescue Cairn home, having been told that he was OK with cats, he chased them up the stairs and they ended up in my airing cupboard for a couple of days. After that everything was OK until one cat was killed on the road. The remaining cat was small, but feisty but she found it difficult with 2 dogs and so climbed up a tree growing against house to get into the top floor. The tree had to be cut down and my OH made a cat ladder and she and 2 subsequent cats used that thereafter.
Cats are rather silly though. These two used to cross the road so that they could sit on the fence railings of the opposite field to watch for creatures, despite having a very large garden with an adjacent copse and a field at the bottom. Sadly, she too was killed on the road.
Re painting metal bistro garden set
Army horses loose on London streets
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