Another of many attractive dogs was 'Honeybunch' a long-haired minature Dachshund.
Honeybunch
All our cats and dogs always slept together
in a big basket in the kitchen/breakfast room, but quite often the
cats found their way
into
my bedroom, in the early hours, and slept with me. I loved
having them next to me and I found the cats purring so
relaxing. One time, we had two cats (twins) and they
would sleep on either side of me. My only problem then was
that I was afraid to move in case I would hurt one of them.
They would snuggle up close to me, completely under the
sheets, and often slept with their heads pressed snuggly against my neck.
I have always been fond of both cats and dogs, and I believe they sense that I like them, as on many occasions, both dogs,
and
cats that have never known me before, easily come to make friends.
Our last pet was a ginger and white cat we called Winnie; he was
with us in our home in Birmingham for 19 years. He was very
affectionate, and he always knew when we were about to return
home. Our babysitter used
to tell us that at least five minutes before we arrived home, late
at night, he would suddenly wake up and jump up onto the window
ledge looking out for us.
Winnie
The other funny thing, that we had never seen before, was that
we used to lean back together on our settee to watch TV and
Winnie would join us and would lean backwards against the settee
copying our position!
We decided not to have any more
pets after Winnie, because of our new lifestyle, that involved
so much travelling by car and then two months spent in each
country, it just was not practical. However, we have had a
lot of visits by local neighbour's cats in Switzerland, they
came to have some affection, and often for a little nap on my
lap.