"No, it's OK, it's just a cow. Just walk past" (authoritative, but somewhat nervously)
"Oh, OK a cow? I'll carry the dog. "
Let's examine the evidence:

The house is full of food and sleepy hounds and dozing cats. We have eaten way too much, and I'm still gently nibbling on a lump of chestnut and…
Um. Things that have happened. right then. The car window that was fixed has broken again due to internal conflicts with the door opening mechanism…
Theo the Small Gentleman is now a Moderately Sized Gentleman. He now weighs 16.3Kg. For contrast, here he is with that walrus when we brought him…
The house is full of food and sleepy hounds and dozing cats. We have eaten way too much, and I'm still gently nibbling on a lump of chestnut and…
Um. Things that have happened. right then. The car window that was fixed has broken again due to internal conflicts with the door opening mechanism…
Theo the Small Gentleman is now a Moderately Sized Gentleman. He now weighs 16.3Kg. For contrast, here he is with that walrus when we brought him…