On weird friends

Most of this motley crew has been hanging about for some time, a few I know where they come from, the others who knows?  He's ignored them for the most part, until very recently when he's decided to take them all into his confidence.  For a long time it was only a bedraggled cat, a once respectable feline  who slowly went to pieces after their friendship began.  Of late, his entourage includes an androgynous holstein, an overly emotional bloodhound, a chummy mongrel dog, and a cynical orange rhinoceros.  It is a strange bunch to say the least, but they make him happy so for now we will see what comes of it.  At least he has decided that he can pull them a round in his wagon rather than trying to carry them all (plus a dingy yellow blanket) all over the house.  They are quiet and don't eat much, the one dog is maybe a little sappy and that rhino just looks grumpy, but I doubt they'll be a bad influence on his social and moral development.  Thankfully at this age his friends are all stuffed!