Pets: Wild at Heart

KatyK I remember being read a poem at school about the white horses of the Camargue. Then one year when my daughter was au pairing in Provence during her Gap Year we drove down to pick her up and I had the chance to visit the Camargue and see the white horses for myself, and the black bulls that live there also.

I found the appaloosa programme very interesting. I had always thought they were just a colour, hadn't realised they are a recognised breed

There was a children's programme on BBC years ago about the white horses with a very catchy theme tune....'White horses'.......its running through my head now.

..nope; not that but there is one called Hermine and Jacqui...

Thanks Hilda; found it on iplayer last night. I really enjoyed watching the whole programme. Katy; same here about the Camargue...must be a reason why a little schoolkid from Brum knew all about them! By the same token there was a picture of Mousehole on a noticeboard at grammar school that made me want to visit Cornwall, and I then went on to live there! Was it White Horses? will do some googling....

Caught up with Pets Wild at Heart. How fascinating. When I was a child I must have seen something about the white horses of The Carmargue. I have no idea what or where but have always longed to see them. Maybe I will one day

The Secret horse: quest for the true Appaloosa.

Oh, that was on a few weeks ago and I just caught the tail end of it. Appaloosas suffer from a degenerative eye disease, I believe, so I wondered if the search for fresh blood was to help prevent this? What was the programme called?

Anyone into animals especially horses - or if you just want a lovely story about people who care - I've just watched a lovely film on BBC I player about the search for Appaloosa horses. I found it in the 'History' category quite by chance....no idea when it was transmitted.

Yes, mrsmopp, just the two.

I caught up with it on iPlayer and really enjoyed both programmes.

The budgie was amazing - yes I know they can be taught to speak (ours had quite a vocabulary) but that one was exceptional.

I loved the hamsters, especially the one that went out for a nightly constitutional. We had one that could get out of its cage - we renamed her Houdini.

Beautifully filmed, - loved every minute of this programme. Are there only two episodes?

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!

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

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

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!

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!

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!

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

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 .

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!

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 '.

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 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].

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.