Queen Victoria's pets

• Fatima – a Pug
• Alma – a Shetland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel^[1]
• Dandie – a Skye Terrier^[1]
• Dash – a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel^[1]
• Eos – a greyhound which Prince Albert brought from Germany^[1]
• Flora – a Highland pony given by King Victor Emmanuel^[1]
• 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.^[2]
• Nero – a greyhound^[1]
• Islay – a Skye terrier.^[1] Victoria owned Islay for five years and he died after losing a fight with a cat.^[3]
• Jacquot – a donkey^[1]
• Unknown name – a lory^[1]
• 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^[4]
• Marco – a small spitz which was the first of her many Pomeranians.^[5]
• Hector – a deerhound^[1]
• Noble – the Queen's favourite collie.^[1] A statue by Princess Louise is in Osborne House.^[6]
• Picco – a Sardinian pony^[1]
• Sharp – a collie^[7][8]
• Turi – a Pomeranian who lay on her deathbed at her request^[1]
• Coco – An African grey parrot^[9][10][11]

Dear Uncle Ernest made me the present of a most delightful Lory, which is so tame, that it remains on your hand, & you may put your finger into its beak, or do any thing with it without its ever attempting to bite. It is larger than Mamma's Grey Parrot, & has a most beautiful plumage; it is scarlet, blue, brown, yellow & purple.

Queen Victoria's journal (18 May 1836)

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