Welcome to June, the month that, according to the show tune, is busting out all over. Also, June is currently zipping its hoodie, pulling on extra socks, and turning on the heater.

For us and our pets, June is a time of new focus, namely finding ways of keeping warm. There are a number of such ways.

First option: find the bit of watery sunlight that remains, ensure a blanket or rug is present, and find a friend. Ruby and Bon Bon have employed this option.

So have Stellar and Harlem...

...and Tigger and Zoe.

The sun has gone? Yes, it usually has. So find someone of like mind and similar appearance, and snuggle. I don't know the names of these "bichpoos" (Vanessa, can you tell us?), but they know how to keep themselves warm.

These cuddlers are (left) Burmese sisters Zan and Jayna, and mum-and-daughter Carmel and Tinkerbell (who are inseparable at their respective ages of 19 and 18).

I'll bet Staffies Billie and Annie create a power of heat between them.

Another technique for keeping warm as the June temperatures slide is to hijack someone else's sleeping place and bury yourself in it. Purrgeot liked this technique. (She was named for her loud-idling engine; sadly she's no longer with us.)

Possum's favourite spot in winter is within the folds of a duvet.

Another tortie-in-bedding is Isabella. Thanks for the photo, Glen, and sorry about the wait.

Bella sleeps modestly at the bottom of the bed - but in the morning she sneaks up to the pillow end for extra comfort.

Another heat-seeking method is to wander up and steal a bit of someone else's body heat. It's permissible because they get a little of yours too. Mac the kitten was able to get close to the usually more distant Mila, in the circumstances.

Katie keeps kitten Jimmy safe and warm.

Rescue dog Roger loves to snuggle with 16-year-old Siamese Nala; meanwhile, Asha and Sophie-Lemon are a sweet couple. I don't know about these two pet pairs, but in the case of my Connor and Merrick, who can often be seen snuggling, the closeness is always initiated by the canine partner.

More cuddling cute: Loco and Bailey (left) and Jaxx, Siha and Astrid.

Here are Rose, Lily, and somebody's sweater.

If a flesh-and-blood heat source is not available, then a toy will do. The handsome cat with his toy seal is named Titan; the Sphynx kitten is Pierre.

Maybe the best way of combating June's chill is to get as close as you can to the house's main heat source. Once your pet is in position, though, it can be hard to budge them. Meet Griffon Baxter and cold-averse cat Walter.

My pick for No 1 way of being warm in June? Get as ridiculously close as you can to a wood burner. The space just in front of a burner is incomparabe for sheer baskworthy comfort, as Gunny and Monty well know. (Gunny is a German Shorthaired Pointer.)

Hearth is where the home is: Summer the dog and Milo the cat.

Ziggy and Rosie love the heat blast too. Imagine how warm Ziggy's fur is right now...

No heater? No fire? Then the next-best human-made mechanical heat source may be dad's computer. This furry error-message is named Stacie.

A laptop is good for ensuring both warmth and attention. Ngeru is getting both.

Kaylee has a spot among the office peripherals. Not sure if she comes with a USB lead, though.

Finally, the beautiful Keller has claimed her own half-square-metre of heated office space. Keller was adopted as a sightless kittten from the SPCA. Reader Genevieve says, "We were warned by a few about the perils of taking on a blind cat, how hard it would be, and I'd never had a cat with any sort of disability before." But reality has been different. "She fully holds her own with our other four able-bodied cats and has the meanest double ankle tap in the house if you're slow feeding her. She navigates so well that people often question her diagnoses. She can still climb up on to the favourite furniture and knows perfectly well where food and litter trays are."

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