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Mr Ringo Interviews Larry the Downing Street Cat via Zoom!

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This is not a filter, I am a cat!

Earlier this year, Mr Ringo had the wonderful opportunity to interview Larry the 10 Downing Street cat, who recently celebrated 10 years in power and has seen off 2 Prime Ministers. He currently lives with PM Boris Johnson. Due to Covid restrictions they chose to zoom call and besides Mr Ringo didn’t wish to invade Larry’s territory. Read the full mews here…..

Mr Ringo: ” Meowsers! Larry, can you hear me? I can’t see you? Can you see me? Can you smell me?”

Larry: “Hey Ringo! Yes I can see and hear you but you can’t smell on zoom silly!”

Mr Ringo: “Hi Larry! How’s it going up there? Congrats on 10 years in power!”

Larry: “Not too bad dude all things considered, what with living with the two legs with Mad Hair, a baby two legs, that cries more than me and a DOG!”

Mr Ringo: ” How is Mad Hair these days?”

Larry: “ok but he changes his mind more than us cats, and he really needs a good groom, why can’t two legs groom themselves like us cats?”

Mr Ringo: “Oh meows! Tell me about it, some good whiskers coming on in this house too”

Larry: “Word on the street dude, is the price of organic catnip is going to rise with all this Brexit stuff, might even be a shortage!”

Mr Ringo: “Oh Neow!!!!”

Larry: “Yes and my PETition to get free cat flaps in every home, has due to cutbacks, gone out the door with the used litter! Not that I need a cat flap as I have staff to open my front door!”

Mr Ringo: “Yeah but you are making some progress with the plan to make microchipping cats compulsory! Tails up to you dude!”

Larry: “Thanks Mr R!”

Mr Ringo: ” Hey Larry apart from seeing off Palmerston the cat, any trouble from new Moggs on the street?”

Larry: ” Hiss meows yes! One called Rees the Mogg, I’m feeling territorially bothered by him! Can’t put my paw on it, but he’s on my patch and I’m the only Mogg in No 10!”

Mr Ringo: “OH no! You must warn Mad Hair soon!”

Larry: “Latest mews is that the two legs are not all going to get their jabs! They should be so lucky, its free and at least they don’t get it in the neck, like we do!”

Ringo: “Yes its purrfect and we get them out of our house and our territory back to normal”

Larry: “Meowsers to that Ringo!”

Mr Ringo: ” Ok Larry we better finish now and let you get back to sleep or controlling No 10, or the front door at least !

Larry: “Ok meowsers out!”

Mr Ringo: “Meows!”

Have a great April 1st everyone! Love and purrs Mr Ringo & Rachel xx

International Feline Behaviourists

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International Feline Behaviourists was set up in 2019 as an international platform for feline behaviourists, to provide a consistent approach to feline welfare and care. I am delighted to be accepted as a student member of this association…….I’m currently studying an Advanced Feline Behaviour Diploma towards becoming certified to work in feline behaviour along side my cat sitting business.

I hope all of you are keeping well and safe and I hope to be able to be cat sitting again soon, when restrictions allow.

Take care everyone, lots of love and purrs Rachel & Mr Ringo xxx

Do You Love Your Cat Too Much?

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Mr Ringo loves you!

Happy Valentines everyone. As love is in the air I thought I would touch on the subject of loving your cat too much…..

Do you think that maybe you do? Or is this just normal cat loving behaviour?

  • When you go away do you leave a 10 page novel of notes for your cat sitter? (It’s ok, I don’t mind)
  • Do you text or call your cat sitter once or sometimes more everyday while on holiday? (I don’t mind this either!)
  • Have you stressed that maybe your cat doesn’t have enough cat beds around the home? (can you ever have too many?)
  • During your day do you always wish your cat a good morning and kiss them goodnight? As a cat sitter I nearly always do this to my feline clients, they normally always answer……
  • Are there more photographs of your feline on your phone than of your significant other? Ummmmmmm guilty!
  • Do you sit on the floor when the sofa is full of cats? I’m always doing this in people’s homes!
  • Does the vacuuming get left because their royal fluffiness is sleeping?
  • If your cat goes outside do they have their own towel to dry them if its raining? (bet you do!)
  • Finally is your cats health more important to you than your own?

I’m sure like myself you have answered yes to most if not all of these, but they give us so much fun, pleasure and love…….especially in these strange and lonely times for many people.

Happy Valentine’s Day! Love Mr Ringo and Rachel xxxx

One Man, One Bike and One Cat! One World to discover….

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Nala’s World is about a man Dean, who plans to cycle all around the world, aiming to find himself and discover what he wants to do with his life. He sets off with a friend but after a falling out, he carries on and thinks everything will be better and easier alone…..

Well you guessed it, he finds an abandoned kitten and all his plans go out the window……

Meanwhile his ordinary Instagram posts suddenly start getting more likes and followers because the kitten, Nala is featured on it. This leads to a YouTube channel with millions of worldwide subscribers.

In this book, Dean tells us all about his wonderful relationship with Nala and after rescuing her, the incredible journey they take together. This book is both heartwarming and sometimes sad with the people they meet and animals they help. It is also fascinating how the power of YouTube and Instagram can influence someone’s story and enable them to help others.

I especially loved reading about both Dean and Nala’s love for each other, they really are a perfect couple……..and I’m not sure who rescued who?

Unfortunately Covid 19 has halted their travels for the moment but I look forward to seeing more adventures soon.

Dean and Nala’s YouTube channel is called 1bike1world and you find them on Instagram @1bike1world

Stay Safe everyone! Love and Purrs from Rachel & Mr Ringo xxx

The Dog Who Finds Lost Cats

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Mr Ringo is most impressed!

I just had to tell you all about one of my lockdown reads. This book is a wonderful story about a remarkable dog and her owner Colin Butcher.

Working as a cat sitter, I’ve been wanting to read this book for ages but I thought there wouldn’t be many cats in it but I was wrong.

This book is full of incredible stories of lost cats and how Molly a highly trained cocker spaniel, finds most of them. There are dogs too, a perfect balance of feline and canine! 

Colin Butcher is a real life Pet Detective! Yes they really do exist and live in the South of England. This book is beautifully written and I especially enjoyed reading about Colin’s life as a Naval Officer, Police man and later Private Investigator. I also found the story of how the Pet Detective business evolved both fascinating and engaging. 

From reading this book it is obvious Colin is a huge animal lover and kind totally empathetic man, to the often distraught and frantic owners. There is definitely a huge demand for their services. From an animal behaviourial view it was so interesting to read about both cats and dogs behaviour in this context. I hope this pet detective business goes from strength to strength, I would certainly call on their services if Mr Ringo disappeared and wasn’t visiting the neighbours!

Visit UK Pet Detectives for more info.


Go Team Molly!

Funny things that could only happen to a cat sitter……

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My work as a cat sitter has had many funny moments over the years and I would love to share some with you…..

  • Calling for a cat in the garden when they have unusual names for example : Pompey, this always gets an answer from a neighbour, usually “Blue Army! Blue Army!” other names I’ve had to call include Rasputin, Satan, No balls (yes really!) and more recently Trump a gorgeous ginger male.
  • Being accused of cat stealing by a concerned neighbour who saw me pick up a cat in the street and take it back home, the cat being very vocal was not happy and decided to tell the whole street. The cat was an indoor only cat due to being deaf but had managed to get out of the home when a cleaner entered the house. Not funny at the time.
  • My car’s aircon breaking due to a hairball! The fur from my clothes must have got into the system.
  • Mr Ringo found in the house of a cat client that lived in my road, I’m not sure who was more surprised Mr Ringo or me! The client was highly amused when I told her as she thought her cat was overeating.
  • People’s homes being full of cats enjoying the cat food and empty home while people are away, non microchipped cat flaps are a problem sometimes…..
  • Telling someone I have found a dead mouse in a flat with an indoor cat, a cat will always find mice…..
  • Meeting a potential client to discover its a cat that belongs to someone else I know, cat was always visiting other homes…..
  • Entering someone’s home to visit a cat to find an elderly neighbour who had had a row with his wife, asleep on the sofa with cat on top! He had a spare key and wife had told him to leave in middle of the night! My client wasn’t that surprised when I called her and explained I was a cat sitter and that wasn’t really what I agreed to.

I hope you enjoyed my cat sitting tails and hope you are all staying safe and healthy. Hopefully we can all get back to some normality this year and start to go away again.

Love and Purrs Rachel & Mr Ringo xxxx

Let’s Talk About Cats- Anita Kelsey

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This is my first book read in 2021 and I really hope the rest of my reading this year is as good.


Being a cat obsessed book worm I have probably read most of the feline themed books available, some good and some not so good. This book is different, it includes conversations with many cat experts all from different fields of the feline world. All of the conversations were very different and all of them fascinating and engaging.


Many of the people featured I had knowledge of and I was interested in finding out more about them. This book features to name just a few: Cat Expert Jackson Galaxy, therapy cat London, the cat man of Aleppo and Animal Communicator Penelope Smith.

There are 16 different conversations in total, plus lots of information and stories from Anita herself, being an experienced Feline Behaviourist Anita certainly knows her stuff.

As a cat sitter it was interesting to hear some stories of her cat sitting experiences which were often heartfelt and poignant.
I can’t say which were my favourite conversations as they were all fascinating and they have made me want to read more about certain people and ideas.
Some of the conversations were hard to read as extremely sad and others were lovely and warming.
I recommend this book to all cat lovers and really hope it sells well as educating more people in feline matters is so beneficial to cats welfare.

This book is available on kindle and in paper form from the usual places.

10 Signs Lockdown Has Made Us More Cat…..

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Mouse and Me

With more of us spending time at home in local or national lockdowns, have we become more cat like? Many times while observing my cat Mr Ringo, it did make me wonder, who was watching who? It also made me smile when I realised that back in March, he had a more interesting life than mine. He went out more than me and saw more people, could go hunting and socialise with whoever he wished, makes you appreciate normal life doesn’t it?

So have the lockdowns made us more cat? Can you relate to these following things?

  • We have become meticulous in keeping our paws, sorry hands clean….
  • Have you become more territorial over things? Your home, garden and parking space?
  • Suddenly the view of your road from your window, is SO much more interesting, people watching is SO cool and don’t even start me on how exciting bird watching is!
  • Sleeping or napping in the day is normal now, not a guilty pleasure….
  • We’ve become obsessed with food and regular treats! Do your ears prick up when your partner or housemate opens the fridge or cupboard? Do you hunt for food in the house?
  • Do you get excited when a new cardboard box is delivered to the door?
  • You have suddenly decided to take up meditation and yoga? Cats have done this for ever…..
  • To ensure your sanity, have you begun to run madly around the house for no reason other than exercise (hopefully not at 3am or after using the bathroom?)
  • Have you been startled by the the door bell or the landline ringing? “who’s that?” I hear you cry!
  • Finally when did you last go to the beautician? Are those whiskers I see growing?

Stay well and safe everyone and thanks for reading.

Love and Purrs Rachel &Mr Ringo xxx