MANDO
Victoria Ryan with daughter Neve
Blenheim Palace
30 x 45 cm
Our family loves Mando because he is a relaxed, playful and sweet dog. We have owned dogs before but Mando was our daughters’ first dog and they have loved him dearly. After owning a series of quiet and calm rabbits and cats, we were shocked at how much personality Mando had, even when he was just a couple weeks old. Getting Mando was also an important lesson in life for our daughters, learning how to take care of a more demanding life, whilst immediately falling in love with him.
Mando was a lockdown puppy and we brought him home whilst in quarantine in Germany. He gave us an excuse to get out to walk and play with him, and it being summer at the time allowed us to teach and train him outside.
He has such an expressive and playful personality; something funny that he does is play with our eight-year-old cat Mittens, who we found as a stray in Jakarta in Indonesia. Despite Mitten’s less energetic personality, the two of them get along very well and during Mando’s night-time zoomies, they play together and entertain themselves by running and jumping around.
Victoria Ryan