Pets: Wild at Heart

Yes, we are loving it. There's some fascinating photography. Who would have thought there were so many green budgies in the world!

Loved it. The beeb at its best.

Found it fascinating [especially the 'cat nanny' bit].

I was only going to watch the first minute or so but was hooked in by the wonderful photography. How did they get these shots of tne dogs underwater?

There have been so many lightweight [pet] animal programmes on recently that, had I not hit upon whilst channel hopping I wouldn't have bothered with it. Wasn't that talking budgie amazing? My dogs and cats all lived together and played happily for many years so seeing that dog and cat playing together didn't surprise me.

I only caught snippets whilst watching Restoration Man. Loved what I saw.
I wish I could afford to Bengal kitten.

I bet you wouldn't have any curtains left if you had a Bengal nina! Safer with a dopey Birman I think.

Some of the Bengal kittens had gorgeous markings!

Weren't they just gorgeous; proper little leopards. Is it shysal that has Bengals?

They were gorgeous. The show was brilliant.

I tried to watch on I player but it said there was a problem uploading. Having read this thread I'll persevere. Quite agree re Bengals - I gather that many have to be rehomed as they can be so wild destructive. The one I met wasn't but wasn't as friendly as a Birman(still miss our YumYum) or Maine Coon (best ever pet!)

It was a delight to watch, wasn't it? I have never seen a cat climb a wall like that, I presume it was because it was a cornerstone, and he could clutch round. I know our cat used to try to climb our house wall to get to the blue tits, and failed hopelessly, much to her disgust! We were never very lucky with hamsters, but gerbils were a great favourite, didn't have any of those though on the programme.

I have stopped having cats but, if I had gone on to get another I wanted a Maine Coon. I know someone that has @ 7 [plus three huskies; a very hairy house methinks].

Although there was little actual fact....somehow they managed to make this really rather watchable....clever editing methinks and I WANT ONE OF THOSE COCKERPOOS!!!

I did learn quite a lot from the programme, especially in the way that dogs interact with each other. Which probably validates comments [but still doesn't make excuses for] dog owners whose pets attack my dog and they say 'it's because your dog is on a lead; if she wasn't on a lead my dog wouldn't have grabbed her round the throat '.

What tosh Tegan...... It might be true that the dog that's on the lead will be a bit more defensive because it knows it cannot run away...but as to 'inviting' attack that's ridiculous!

It's happened a few times; usually terrier types going for my dogs throat. But because she's a sighthound I worry that she might run down a smaller dog. The local farmer was one dog owner who blamed her being on a lead for his German Shepherds aggression, until the S.O. pointed out that she was on a lead because she'd just had a major operation [he did apologise at that]. The only thing that did cross my mind was the fact that a dog on a lead doesn't do the 'bowing' thing that invites play behaviour from the other dog. That isn't something that I knew about. But must admit that it freaked me out a bit seeing all those dogs in that park sorting out their pecking order .

This is on again tonight. I will be watching before turning over for Wolf Hall!

Digby was transfixed! he watched from his usual position on the back of the sofa, but was so excited by the guinea pigs, that he went and sat in front of the TV.

Couldn't seem to understand that patting the screen didn't work!

If anyone missed this, I think it is available to watch on-line.

I really recommend it, I thought it was better than the first one!

I thoroughly enjoyed it too, phoenix - pleased to hear about Digby's appreciation! The scene of the birth of the foal and his progress in getting so quickly on his feet was just magic!

was watching this but 'lurch' did not understand that the 'woofing' was not his concern (he rarely vocalises himself) and I muted the sound
I too had been chastised Tegan about having my previous lurcher on a lead amongst sheep as a off-lead dog was not happy about her being on a lead (so maybe the 'bowing thing' was to blame.}
On the other hand with a 'chaser' the dog has to be on a lead in certain circumstances

Fascinating, especially watching at close quarters how cats scratch and shed their claws. The Bengal cats were gorgeous.

I'm hoping to get Digby and Mr P in the upstairs office tomorrow evening when he gets back (Mr P, not Digby) as I would love Mr P to watch Digby watching it!

(Digby has a short memory span, so he probably won't realise that he's already seen it )

anno yes, the foal was wonderful!