Thank you all for the very warm welcome. I have only ever had 2 dogs in my life. Tania, a blenheim cavalier king charles spaniel who lived for 11 years, and had to be put to sleep due to bowel failure, and now Toby, my yorkie/jack cross who is now 10. We currently have 4 cats which actually came with the house when we bought it. Most people have fixtures and fittings when they buy a house, but we had cats. The previous owner was my mother in law, who moved to flats where no pets are allowed.

Rob