Rols - it's easy to cope with all the animals - little dogs get fed in the morning when they first go outside - get snacks at night when DH is organising the food for the big dogs. Big dogs get fed at night just before dinner - fresh lamb most nights, table scraps, dry food (there's NEVER wasted food around here). Cats get fed at bed time. little dogs have a yard to themselves, cats inside, big dogs in two seperate "runs" out the back - it's interesting, but i wouldn't change most of it for the world (the little dogs can be yappy if too excited, so have to keep that under control - and one of the big dogs used to be a working dog with DH when he drove livestock trucks, so gets upset every morning when he doesn't get to go to work - so 6 am every morning he barks as DH leaves in the ute, then howls for 5 minutes while i yell out the window for him to be quiet...)