Dogs!

Badger is an aging border collie obsessed with fetching the smallest and most impossible to throw items for humans to throw, Dolly is a black labrador who has fishing-wire instead of a tendon in one leg and specialises in lying on his back and singing in a sort of howly and fairly tuneless way. Their owner, whose horse shares a field with Joe and Othello, is currently on crutches so they have come to stay at our house. It's pretty cool being a temporary dog owner, except for the poo-scoop thing, and it does mean Lou and I are getting some exercise, which is probably good for us.