We are a family of animal lovers and occasionally have bred horses, miniature ponies, pygmy goats and had kittens on our smallholding. We bought Maggie, our lovely Maine Coon last year as we fell in love with the breed and she is a really funny, affectionate and happy cat. She took to motherhood amazingly well and seems to have enjoyed every minute of it. Our dogs and cats live as a family with us and have free run of the house. We live near Hinckley in Leicestershire.