Thanks all. My dad announced this morning that they were going to collect an abyssinian kitten this afternoon and he has ordered a blue point tonkinese kitten for her birthday. i've just had to dig out the kitten litter tray for them
Cara - Rosa will be an aunty now and she's no longer the youngest cat in the family.
Dulcie was a lovely dog, she used to stay with us if mum was away and I loved having here. Deerhounds are not a long lived breed, when we got her we were told that 8 was a good age for them, so I guess we must have got it right with her.