Pets

Yesterday our Banjo grew his angel wings and left our home forever.

Beautiful Banjo joined our family late in 2009, he immediately blended in with our family both human and four legged, of then, an elderly Pekingese, Princess, and Christoopher’s new Border Collie puppy, Duchess. When the breeder asked what I would like to name our kitten, it was immediately obvious to me, his mother’s name was Matilda, so he should be named Banjo!

Banjo – just one month old!

Banjo- just hanging around…

Banjo – a kitten at play

Banjo and Duchess become best friends, Duchess would let Banjo get away with all manner of torture that a cat could bestow on a dog, teeth, claws and dive bombing her at speed! Duchess was a gentle soul.

On the inside looking out!

A little hide and seek!

Banjo & Duchess at play…

Banjo & Duchess at play!

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In 2009, it was agreed that our son, Christopher could have a Border Collie, so the search began.

It soon became apparent that there would be a wait, so put our name down with two breeders. Unexpectedly, the wait was not so long, one of the breeders had a puppy, in a new litter, that was not traditionally marked, and therefore not quite as desirable to others. We went for a visit and it was decided that we would return in six weeks time to bring our little Duchess home to join our family.

At the same time we had started a search for a ragdoll cat, surprisingly our new family members arrived at our home within a week or so of each other. The blue ragdoll was named Banjo, after the famous Australian poet, Banjo Patterson.

But this story is about our Duchess. While she was not the prettiest when she was born, it was soon evident that she was growing into a beautiful dog, not only in appearance, but also in nature. Her kennel was placed outside Christopher’s bedroom window, and as soon as she was able, Duchess would spend her time on top of the kennel rather than in it, that way she was able to be nearer to her Christopher! A very strong bond was forming.