Queen Victoria's pets



Queen Victoria and her close family kept numerous pet animals, including:
 * Fatima – a Pug
 * Alma – a Shetland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel
 * Dandie – a Skye Terrier
 * Dash – a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel
 * Eos – a greyhound which Prince Albert brought from Germany
 * Flora – a Highland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel
 * Goats – Mohammad Shah Qajar, the Shah of Persia, presented Queen Victoria with a pair of Tibetan goats upon her accession to the throne. From these, a royal goat herd was established at Windsor.  Goats from this herd were then used as regimental mascots by regiments such as the Royal Welch Fusiliers.
 * Nero – a greyhound
 * Islay – a Skye terrier. Victoria owned Islay for five years and he died after losing a fight with a cat.
 * Jacquot – a donkey
 * Unknown name – a lory
 * Looty – one of the first Pekingese in Britain, stolen from the Xianfeng Emperor of China, from his Chinese Summer Palace, during the Second Opium War
 * Marco – a small spitz which was the first of her many Pomeranians.
 * Hector – a deerhound
 * Noble – the Queen's favourite collie. A statue by Princess Louise is in Osborne House.
 * Picco – a Sardinian pony
 * Sharp – a collie
 * Turi – a Pomeranian who lay on her deathbed at her request
 * Coco – An African grey parrot