Lilac and Lime
Contrasts in colour, contrasts in life – Mary BruceTimeline : Animals
Chronological List
Butch
Male Corgi/Staffordshire Terrier
c.1969-76
aka Squeaky
Penny
Striped tabby
1970-1986
aka Fat Cat, Tat
Tawney
Female Ridgeback
aka Puddles
BJ (short for Blackjack)
Male Labrador/Boerbul
Jackie
Female Jack Russel
Caramel
Female ginger cat
February 1983-1993
aka Phi, Phi-Cat
Amanda
Female Golden Spaniel
October 1983-April 1998
aka Toot, Topsy
Dougal
Male Corgi-x
January 1984-1996
aka Bug, Dougal-Bug, Dougie
Bengal
Male dark grey and black striped cat
1985-1988
aka Ticky Tack
Wallace
Male half-Siamese who looked exactly like a Siamese
1988-1991
aka Wally
Bertie
Male black kitten with white bib
1991-1992
Bear
Male black cat
1993-1999
Named by Kimberley when she was learning to talk and called all animals ‘bear’
Velcro
Female grey striped cat with white bib
1995-
aka Tinytat
Tug
Male long-haired ginger cat
March 1998-6 September 2007
aka Sir (only form used by the entire canine population), Tuggie, MonsterCat, BratCat
Tyke and Carmen
Male Staffordshire Terrier cross ; female Daschund
February 2004-May 2006 when they moved to Swellendam
Daisy
Female Staffordshire terrier-x
25 October 2007-
aka Daisy Duck, Rubber Duck, Zeeduck (abbreviation of Daisy Duck)
Kirby
Male short-haired ginger cat
December 2007-
aka Farmer Brown (on account of the size of his feet : “tractor tyres”)
