Annabel and Andrew were the ultimate hosts for me and my girlfriend. The Shepard's hut we stayed in was super clean, warm and we had good privacy at our outside table from the other people staying in the nearby hut with strategically placed foliage and the orientation of the huts being offset from each other (although we ended up becoming great friends with the other couple staying).
The animals were fantastic, you will return just to be with their dogs, nevermind the wolves (1. whose howling is amazing and 2. they don't howl all night, I was never woken up by them), Francis the raven (who scared me when he actually spoke), the lemurs who ate grapes out of my lap, deer, tiny goats, swans, marmosets, donkeys and all the other amazing animals there. It really is an area you could walk around for an age just admiring them.
We spent two beautiful evenings beside a roaring bonfire while Andrew served us pizza (top pizza chef 👌) and ended up chatting and drinking long into the night, DMCs on tap. Definitely a place for animal lovers, definitely not a place if you don't like dog falling asleep on your lap by a bonfire (which I assume is a minority). We will be going again.