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Pets: Wild at Heart

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Anne58 Wed 21-Jan-15 20:18:39

On BBC1, started 8.00. Interesting and amusing. I actually chuckled out loud at the hamsters!

(Worth watching while you wait for Wolf Hall!)

rubysong Wed 21-Jan-15 20:47:31

Yes, we are loving it. There's some fascinating photography. Who would have thought there were so many green budgies in the world!

MrsPickle Wed 21-Jan-15 22:12:24

Loved it. The beeb at its best.

Tegan Wed 21-Jan-15 22:26:26

Found it fascinating [especially the 'cat nanny' bit].

Anya Wed 21-Jan-15 22:36:33

I was only going to watch the first minute or so but was hooked in by the wonderful photography. How did they get these shots of tne dogs underwater?

Tegan Wed 21-Jan-15 22:42:08

There have been so many lightweight [pet] animal programmes on recently that, had I not hit upon whilst channel hopping I wouldn't have bothered with it. Wasn't that talking budgie amazing? My dogs and cats all lived together and played happily for many years so seeing that dog and cat playing together didn't surprise me.

ninathenana Wed 21-Jan-15 23:04:07

I only caught snippets whilst watching Restoration Man. Loved what I saw.
I wish I could afford to Bengal kitten.

Tegan Wed 21-Jan-15 23:07:43

I bet you wouldn't have any curtains left if you had a Bengal nina! Safer with a dopey Birman I think.

Anne58 Thu 22-Jan-15 00:04:30

Some of the Bengal kittens had gorgeous markings!

Tegan Thu 22-Jan-15 00:37:15

Weren't they just gorgeous; proper little leopards. Is it shysal that has Bengals?

vampirequeen Thu 22-Jan-15 07:11:03

They were gorgeous. The show was brilliant.

Jane10 Thu 22-Jan-15 07:23:15

I tried to watch on I player but it said there was a problem uploading. Having read this thread I'll persevere. Quite agree re Bengals - I gather that many have to be rehomed as they can be so wild destructive. The one I met wasn't but wasn't as friendly as a Birman(still miss our YumYum) or Maine Coon (best ever pet!)

PRINTMISS Thu 22-Jan-15 08:25:04

It was a delight to watch, wasn't it? I have never seen a cat climb a wall like that, I presume it was because it was a cornerstone, and he could clutch round. I know our cat used to try to climb our house wall to get to the blue tits, and failed hopelessly, much to her disgust! We were never very lucky with hamsters, but gerbils were a great favourite, didn't have any of those though on the programme.

Tegan Thu 22-Jan-15 11:24:51

I have stopped having cats but, if I had gone on to get another I wanted a Maine Coon. I know someone that has @ 7 [plus three huskies; a very hairy house methinks].

HildaW Thu 22-Jan-15 14:57:35

Although there was little actual fact....somehow they managed to make this really rather watchable....clever editing methinks and I WANT ONE OF THOSE COCKERPOOS!!!

Tegan Thu 22-Jan-15 15:33:11

I did learn quite a lot from the programme, especially in the way that dogs interact with each other. Which probably validates comments [but still doesn't make excuses for] dog owners whose pets attack my dog and they say 'it's because your dog is on a lead; if she wasn't on a lead my dog wouldn't have grabbed her round the throat shock'.

HildaW Thu 22-Jan-15 17:24:39

What tosh Tegan...... It might be true that the dog that's on the lead will be a bit more defensive because it knows it cannot run away...but as to 'inviting' attack that's ridiculous!

Tegan Thu 22-Jan-15 17:47:57

It's happened a few times; usually terrier types going for my dogs throat. But because she's a sighthound I worry that she might run down a smaller dog. The local farmer was one dog owner who blamed her being on a lead for his German Shepherds aggression, until the S.O. pointed out that she was on a lead because she'd just had a major operation [he did apologise at that]. The only thing that did cross my mind was the fact that a dog on a lead doesn't do the 'bowing' thing that invites play behaviour from the other dog. That isn't something that I knew about. But must admit that it freaked me out a bit seeing all those dogs in that park sorting out their pecking order shock.

Anne58 Wed 28-Jan-15 19:19:39

This is on again tonight. I will be watching before turning over for Wolf Hall!

Anne58 Wed 28-Jan-15 21:01:20

Digby was transfixed! he watched from his usual position on the back of the sofa, but was so excited by the guinea pigs, that he went and sat in front of the TV.

Couldn't seem to understand that patting the screen didn't work!

Anne58 Thu 29-Jan-15 10:37:07

If anyone missed this, I think it is available to watch on-line.

I really recommend it, I thought it was better than the first one!

annodomini Thu 29-Jan-15 11:02:50

I thoroughly enjoyed it too, phoenix - pleased to hear about Digby's appreciation! The scene of the birth of the foal and his progress in getting so quickly on his feet was just magic!

mollie65 Thu 29-Jan-15 11:41:08

was watching this but 'lurch' did not understand that the 'woofing' was not his concern (he rarely vocalises himself) and I muted the sound
I too had been chastised Tegan about having my previous lurcher on a lead amongst sheep as a off-lead dog was not happy about her being on a lead (so maybe the 'bowing thing' was to blame.}
On the other hand with a 'chaser' the dog has to be on a lead in certain circumstances hmm

whenim64 Thu 29-Jan-15 11:57:13

Fascinating, especially watching at close quarters how cats scratch and shed their claws. The Bengal cats were gorgeous.

Anne58 Thu 29-Jan-15 13:20:18

I'm hoping to get Digby and Mr P in the upstairs office tomorrow evening when he gets back (Mr P, not Digby) as I would love Mr P to watch Digby watching it!

(Digby has a short memory span, so he probably won't realise that he's already seen it grin )

anno yes, the foal was wonderful!