Wisecracks Devon Rex Cattery Extended Family

Welcome to our family album page. We hope to keep this page fun and interesting. Through a series of photos you will be able to get a feel for the sort of environment our kittens are raised in. You can read more about our kittens once they have left our home on my Kitten Owners Comments Page. Wisha a guide dog puppy we puppy walked has graduated and there is a link to her diary on each web page.

Our Animal Family

Gizmo Pomeranian x Chihuahua Jessica's Dog	Gizmo arrived at 6 weeks old, still breast feeding, and Betty Boo as usual took over mothering him. Gizmo is Jessica's dog, he is half Chihuahua and half Pomeranian. When he arrived, Yammy thought he was food and was gutted when he smelled like a dog! Gizmo is sporting his full coat, and it is much less dense than we had feared and totally non shedding, which is a huge bonus. He is extremely clever and has his at titude under control, with a lot of help from his human family!
Roxie Standard Poodle Mastiff Cross	Roxie is a three quarter Standard Poodle one quarter Mastiff cross, she hides the Mastiff well, but it is there mellowing her Poodle bounce. She is a total delight. She breast feeds cats, shares her meals and bones and is just a total family member. At night she sleep on Jessica's bed, she loves co-piloting when in the car driving. Chloe is able to express herself with variable topiary hair cuts on Roxie, who takes her new looks all in her stride! Roxie was mated to a friends lovely Chocolate Labrador and had two puppies, Wiggle Bee who stayed and took over Chloe's life and Woogle living in Napier.
Wiggle Bee Aka Albert Labradoodle Chloe's Dog and Best Friend	Wiggle Bee is one of two puppies darling Roxie had to a Chocolate Labrador. He is a happy little dog, and was meant to go to a home, but Chloe delivered him and worked on us until she managed to keep him. He is only young but already very good with the cats and kittens and livestock. He actually fetches, which Roxie is far too dignified to do. He adores Chloe and the feeling is mutual. Albert has been flatting with Chloe in Hamilton and looks after his own cat and rabbit loose all day with him, we look forward to his visits for three days each week!
Maicha Appaloossa Mare Loved by Jessica	Jessica is very fortunate, she has Maicha living with us for as long as she wants! Maicha is a delightful mare, kind and honest, her pink skin is an issue! She wears a mask that gives her quite a threatening look during the hot weather. She is the keeper of the drive and insists on a handout before allowing vehicles past!
Snowprints Anna Appaloosa Mare Belonging to Chloe	Chloe and Anna had worked out a relationship, Anna is almost human and can be very self willed and very loyal. She plays tag, eats people food and packs wobblies!
Dudley Donkey	Dudley joined us after the girls went to horse camp. They called saying Dudley needed a home. He was meant to be a peace keeper among a herd of bulls, but he is too gentle. Apparently male donkeys will guard their herd, attacking wolves etc, and also will intervene with any infighting, which is where his role of peace keeper was meant to lie! He is a dear little man, and getting more accustomed to human contact. We had hoped he could live with the horses, but the two of them pick on him, relegating him to a corner of his paddock, while they eat his grass! Dudley now has his own harem of sheep, whom he is very protective of.
Magma and Ollie Loud Lorikeet and Chatty Ringneck	Magma is ruler of the house, friend and companion of our adult son Joshua. Magma runs loose all day with our cats and insists on cleaning their ears and noses! He plays boxing games with the kittens and terrorizes the dogs, and Joshua's younger sister Jessica. He sleeps under the blankets with Josh each night. Jessica now has got her revenge, Ollie her Indian Ringneck is just starting to talk, he says "Hello Ollie" and mutters and is whistling and imitating Magma! We Got Ollie to help Jessica get over her fear of birds, she loves him, except when he flies, it brings back her bird phobia! She was hilarious one night, with Ollie on her bed playing and talking to each other, when suddenly she screamed, Gordon went to her rescue, as she hid yelling "Ollie's a bird!" Poor Ollie had flown across the room.
O'Malley The Menancing Mallard	O'Malley is named after Thomas Omalley the alley cat in Aristocrats, the fact that he is a Mallard helped with his name. He turned up in the middle of Hamilton a little fluffy duckling, with no family. He came home and was nursed to adulthood. He has decided to stay with us. We do clip his wings during duck shooting season, just in case. He has a harem of chooks, and a lily pond. Every morning he arrives waddling and demanding his share of cat biscuits. On Winter evenings he climbs up to our spa on our deck, and keeps us company. Dear old Malley managed to get under the horse feet sometime in the night, and we found him with a badly broken leg. I realigned the bones and splinted it with a spatula and duct tape, he had no movement at all in it. But after a few weeks of immobilization, with twice daily water therapy he is waddling about in a very distinctive manner.
Bumble Delightful Frizzle Chicken	Bumble was a very lucky egg, deserted by her mother and about to be tossed in the compost when Chloe listened to it and she chirped at her. She was quickly peeled, and dried and kept warm and fed, that night she was snuck back under Mom. Alas in the morning she was cold and limp and near death, while her siblings were running about happily. She came back into the house and was warmed and fed and given walking lessons, Eventually Bumble migrated to the great outdoors where she lives with other chooks, but she knows she is special.

Our Human Family

Jessica Left & Chloe On Right Growing Up Fast

Chloe 18 Just Starting Her Midwifery Degree

Chloe And The Love Of Her Life Labradoodle Albert

Well our girls are growing up fast! Too fast. Chloe started her Midwifery course in February 2009, Jessica is in 6th form considering physiotherapy as her vocation.

Joshua's Relocatable Home Arriving On Crane December 2008

Joshua Nervous With His New House Arriving

Joshua turned 21 on October 23rd 2009. He has been living in his relocatable home since early this year. He has bought a small car and is currently learning to drive another step toward some independence.

Chloe And Jessica On The Beach With The Horses

Jessica And Gordon At Rainbows End On Roller Coaster

We've made way for fun along the way, and always made our family two and four legged our priority and first love.

Four Legged Family No Longer With Us

BooBoo Boston Died April 26th 2008
Betty Boo Boston Terrier Very Loved And Sadly Missed

November 28th 1997 - April 26th 2008
We knew and loved Boo Boo from conception to her end, her birth was fraught and she was born an only puppy flat and near death. My wonderful vet revived her and she became a huge part of our lives. Sadly we no longer have my darling eccentric delightful, belching, snuffling, farting Betty Boo. Boo Boo was well known as the talking dog, she stressed when anyone arrived or left and made unearthly noises. She first spoke when Jessica was a tantrum throwing toddler and each time she yodeled Boo Boo would join in and frustrate her as it made her laugh, not a good look when you are trying to be very angry! She breast fed cats and kittens her entire life. Betty suffered from several bad corneal abrasions though out her life and sadly she developed a very bad eye as an old dog, with either secondary glaucoma or a tumour behind the eye. Although the vet was willing to attempt removing her eye, she was virtually blind in her 'good eye' and had a hard mass in one of her mammary glands, although agonizing we decided the best thing for Boo Boo was that she slip quietly off to sleep. I held her closely and she had a wonderful peaceful end. I miss her terribly, Sophie her mother seems a little lost but is perky although she is deaf and blind.

Jessica now 17 brought me out a poem she quickly wrote for Boo the night she died so here it is, this copy will not be tear stained!

Crying hearts
And tearful eyes
The time has come
To say good-bye

Love is tender
Love is true
Oh how we loved
The farting BooBoo

Weeping howls
From Jessica's mouth
Soon heard it's replies
With Boo Boo's cries

'Shut up you stupid dog'
Would shortly be yelled
Then again another cry
Would follow that Howl

Spa Times were her fave
She'd pant and she'd fart
Followed by our desperate cries
'I can't breath 'we all would bark

Betty now lays at rest
Beneath her favourite spa
Her stressing and the pain she felt
She can now forget

Despite her faults and deadly gas
No one would disagree
That Boo Boo was amazing
And it's now her time to flee

A better place now
Is where she is
Treasured in our hearts
Day after day

Boo is buried under her favourite spa, and out of the rain which she hated!

Betty Lou, also known as BooBoo. Betty is well remembered as The Talking Dog, which she did indeed do. She was the daughter of our other

Boston Terrier Sophie, known as Snort.

Sophie Snorter Boston Terrier and Cat Mother
Sophie Our Boston Terrier Smiling

Snort, is blind and totally deaf, she navigates using her feet and her head. She is rather clever at finding her way around! She has always fed kittens and still does, dear little girl. Sadly we lost our darling Sophie In March 2009, she had a good long life, Min Orca missed her terrible for a few nights, and we will miss her forever.