FUR-EVER FRIENDS

Entering the living room, I walked gingerly into the centre of the large space in front of me.

‘Don’t worry – they’ll come to you,’ the breeder said.

I was here to pick a cat.

I’d just relocated from London to Sheffield and had grown up with pets – cats, dogs, rabbits, even turtles.

Now I had my own space and wanted a cat.

I was seeing a litter of four Russian Blue-Ragdoll cats.

Only, three