Whether you’re thinking of keeping a couple of goats as pets or rearing a small herd for milking or meat production, Lizzie Dyer of Just Kidding can tell you everything you could possibly want to know about these idiosyncratic creatures

Janet Devereux of Pigs Inn Heaven gives some pointers to those thinking of keeping pigs as pets

York panto dame Berwick Kaler tells us about his four-legged ‘babbies and bairns’

Canicross is one of the fastest growing sports and it has arrived in the Lake District. Irene Rothery reports

Time to chase some squirrels! Mark Oglesby on living with a dear deer-wolf

The Chester-based BBC TV presenter was charmed by pups and hounds of all shapes and sizes at a very jolly event in Holt

To live is to be loved - And for some cats, there’s not enough love to go around

Emily Rothery meets an inspiring woman who has overcome adversity with a helping paw from a remarkable dog

Beccy Bullock on living – and working – with Betsey the cockapoo

A Chester-based vet has an almost purrfect solution to a health problem afflicting many an otherwise happy pet, writes Janet Reeder.

Every month readers tell tales (or should that be tails?) about their favourite friends