In spite of the differences in character between cats and dogs, the animals enjoyed each others company and we loved them all. Our twelve-year-old Dachshund, that usually is THE cat-hater amongst the other dogs, became a sweet mom for the kittens, she took care of them as if they were her own puppies. For our Jack Russell, Aphra, it was just love at first sight. Mabel, our Bernese Mountain dog, loved that kitty stuff to death. Quite often the kittens were sleeping together with the dogs in their basket or was it the other way round? Even when the cats got older this nice atmosphere lingered on.
The blood started to run faster through our veins again. We definitely wanted a pedigree cat! Again the homework was done and we spoke with cat lovers about two possible pedigree cats. My thanks to Sylvia Coolen for her involvement. Sylvia and Philip Coolen, Sake and Jellie de Haan: Thank you so much for your tremendously valuable gift. Thank you, René, for your support and Esther Verhoef for the beautiful books you write.