On arrival in Italy from Greece, Animalcouriers headed to Rome to collect a cat called Joleen, then on to Florence and Milan. But first, there were morning walks for our Greek doggy passengers.

Fluffy Manoula in the morning sun

Archie’s wrinkles in full relief

Senso’s attention is caught by something in the distance

Baron is a fine, muscular young fellow

Rio, nose down, hunting

Milo favouring the camera with the dark side of his face

Aurora, our Greek kitty, alert to every sound
Joleen
Beautiful Bengal Joleen joined us near Rome. She’s on her way to owner Claudio, who’s working in Coventry.

Claudio’s brother Giorgio brought Joleen to join the trip, and watched as she settled in to her bedroom

Joleen very cosy in her special bed

A closer look at Joleen’s stunning markings
Piumetta
One-year-old tabby cat Piumetta is travelling with us from the Arezzo area to London, where owner Victoria is waiting for her. Victoria’s sister Paola has been looking after Piumetta in the meantime.

Paola brought Piumetta to us in bright Italian sunshine

What a gorgeous girl!
Scratch and Sniff
This wonderfully named pair of glossy black cats have been living in central Milan. Now owners Samantha and Richard are moving to Stockport and Scratch and Sniff are on their way too.

Richard handing over the cats to us

Handsome Scratch

Equally handsome Sniff — sporting a tux
Bullfinches
We collected a pair of captive-bred bullfinches from Massimo, a commercial breeder near Milan. We ensured the documentation was correct and the birds were close rung — this means a ring was put on the bird’s leg when it was a fledgling, which shows it was bred in captivity and not taken illegally from the wild.

Massimo arriving with the finches — he breeds a wide range of birds and exports all over the world

A closer look at these attractive birds
We stopped for the night at La Botanica, an agriturismo hotel in Lentate sul Sevenso, north of Milan. It’s a dairy farm with a hotel and restaurant attached. They produce all sorts of dairy delights, including cheese, yoghurt and ice cream. Mouthwatering cakes and desserts are also on offer. The hosts were welcoming and we enjoyed our stay — hopefully we’ll have the chance to stay again some time!

Happy cows

La Botanica’s bovine mascot
Nutella
We collected darling Nutella from a kennels near Alessandria. She’s travelling with us to join her owner Ryohei in London.

Nutella blends in well with the autumnal colours
Another full house for Animal Couriers!! The finches are pretty….that red one is a stunner. All the pups look quite happy to have a stretch/walk in the sunshine while the cats curl up in their comfy beds.
Hugs, Pam and Sam
We do like variety! The dogs have been enjoying the last of the warm weather before hitting the UK, suspect the cats know what’s coming 😉
You have quite a menagerie pictured. Love the cows.
Variety is the spice of life!
sweet looking gang, safe travels
They’re all lovely and nearly reached their new country.
Wow, finches too!
Always interesting when we have some types of passenger!
They are all gorgeous, Annie, but today we go for Nutella…it’s all in the name…MOL 😀 We’re glad you are all safe after the tornado yesterday. Extra Pawkisses for a Happy Day 🙂 <3
Thanks Little B, we were luckily quite safe from the tornado! We think Nutella couldn’t have a better name 😀
A wide variety of passengers! Nutella is a great name for that doggie. She does blend in quite well!
Luckily she was on a lead or it might have been rather hard to spot her on her walks!