There were always lots of animals around. Up until my teens in the early 50’s it was a dairy farm with some laying hens. We also had sheep that spent the winters in the barn, and summers in one of the orchard pastures. It was a challenge to get the sheep from the pasture in the fall, but Patsy was a big help with keeping them heading in the right direction. There was generally a pig or two and of course cats and kittens. We had horses in my very early years but they were replaced with tractors soon after the war ended.