Bobby my BP is a rescue having been neglected by his previous owners and nursed back to health by a rescue centre. All he needs to do now is enjoy life, enjoy being pampered, keep eating and shed well


Cats.

Blue one of my cats was abandoned and terrified 9 years ago. Now he's the soppiest cat you could meet

Lucy was horribly treated by thoroughly wicked, nasty people who thought it was fun to get drunk/drugged up and kick her around and throw her against the wall The result is she's permanently crippled and also has slight brain-damage (not that you'd notice unless you're told). She is an indoor cat only and now enjoys being thoroughly loved and spoilt

Chico came to us a year ago. We didn't adopt him, he adopted us. He turned up as a kitten. He had a semi-circular chunk taken off the tip of his ear. We called every pet rescue/lost animal/vets we could think of. Nobody had reported a very pretty kitten missing so we ended up keeping him. Some time later, one of my neighbours told me she knew who he had belonged to. Turned out it was the local low-life drug dealer who was telling everyone she'd cut a piece out of the cat's ear "so she could identify him". Suffice to say, I reported her to the RSPCA. She knows I have him but daren't come near me - I would not be responsible for my actions He's blossomed into a beautiful cat.

Salem belonged to a neighbour who can't look after her kids, never mind a kitten. I got Salem when he was 10 weeks old. He was grossly underweight, covered in fleas (first thing I did was Frontline him) and full of worms (trip to the vet). He's turned into a beautiful seni-longhaired cat who is soooo friendly

Topsy. Given to me when she was barely 5 weeks old, unable to lap and not even weaned properly. Blue took it upon himself (yep. he's a tomcat) to play surrogate mother and teach her how to lap and how to eat. He would sit and wash her. She would nuzzle up to him and try to suckle from him. Blue would lie there like a mother cat and let her get on with it, purring his head off. Poor blue always had a soggy tummy when Topsy was a kitten. I've had her 8 years now and she always gives me pressies of mice and the occasional rat

Sadie our GSD was a rescue too. She'd been used for breeding and when she reached 4 years old she was deemed to be of no further use for breeding. At least the breeders found a good home for her and we've had her for the last 4 years. She's a very friendly, loving dog but also a very good guard dog and saw off would-be burglars a couple of years ago

I'm afraid we can never turn away an animal that needs help and that's why I live in a menagerie