7 x Zoetermeerders with a special pet

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Cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles and birds: Zoetermeerders love their pets. Our editors have interviewed owners and their special pets a number of times. We have listed these feel good stories for you. Enjoy reading!

Ralph and his dachshund

Ralph van Lieshout recognizes himself in his dachshund Houdini: “Dachshunds are stubborn and don’t listen.” Read his story and his love for dachshunds in the story below.

Dachshund Houdini doesn’t listen, just like his owner Ralph

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Saturday is the fifth edition of the National Dachshund Day in Zoetermeer. According to organizer and owner of…

Gerrit and tracking dog Myron

Gerrit follows courses with his dog Myron so that his dog can be used with, for example, missing animals. We met the couple at the Noord Aa and hid in the bushes as a test.

Gerrit trains tracking dog Myron: ‘With his superior nose he finds missing animals’

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Gerrit Fieret and his dog Myron are following training at the Missing Dogs Foundation in…

Tracking dog Zoetermeer

Out with the parrots

We met Hélène and Albert together with Bonte Boer parrots Loekie and Keetje, and Amazon parrot Piet in the Stadshart. “Normally we take all eight of our parrots with us in a cart, but now we are out with these three,” said Albert.

Hélène and Albert with Loekie, Keetje and Piet. Photo: near Zoetermeer

Together to the bakery

Every week Laura and Zenda go to the bakery together to get bread. Laura on the bike and Zenda happily runs along. On the way back, Zenda takes a bag of currant buns in its mouth and puts it at a trot back home. There she is rewarded with a… currant bun!

VIDEO: Laura’s dog brings home currant buns from the baker every week

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Laura goes shopping with her dog Zenda every Friday. Laura rides the bike from…

Dog Zenda

7 x Zoetermeerders with a special pet

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Cats, dogs, rabbits, guinea pigs, reptiles and birds: Zoetermeerders love their pets. Our editorial team has…

Belinda and Hans have an alpaca farm

Opposite the Benthuizerplas is a meadow full of sheep and alpacas. The animals belong to Belinda and Hans and can proudly tell you about these woolly animals.

Belinda and Hans keep 12 alpacas: “Buses with curious tourists stop here regularly” (VIDEO)

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Belinda and Hans from Benthuizen keep 12 alpacas and 25 sheep in a meadow at the…

Alpacas Zoetermeer

Britta and bird of prey Milo

You don’t come across a desert buzzard as a pet very often. Yet Britta has this bird of prey in the house. She teaches Milo tricks and puts a lot of time into this special beast.

The girl with the bird of prey: ‘I wouldn’t have gotten through the lockdowns so well without Milo’

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Together they form a striking duo: Britta (17) and her desert buzzard Milo. You can put them in…

Angelique’s cockatiels

Angelique walks her two cockatiels every day. So don’t be surprised if you suddenly see this lady cycling past with a parakeet on her shoulder.

Angelique’s cockatiels go everywhere with you: ‘Even in the shower’

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Angelique Waterreus does not have a dog to walk, but two cockatiels: Pikachu and Maya. They…

Angelique and cockatiel Pikachu

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