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15 puppies!

kjmtidea
kjmtidea Posts: 1,372 Forumite
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http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3978969/Pooch-has-ruff-time-delivering-15-puppies.html

So cute, poor mum must be knackered though!
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  • Buttonmoons
    Buttonmoons Posts: 13,323 Forumite
    Bless! They are gorgeous dogs aren't they? Good to see that she specialises in guide dogs also, so she isn't just breeding for the sake, and with 15, I'm sure some of them are bound to pass the grade! :)
  • peachyprice
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    Oh my, she is a beauty.
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  • candygirl
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    Awww how cute:D:D
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  • Laconic
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    That *is* cute! :)

    However, the notion that any are going to be guide dogs is a little incredible (as in not credible, not wonderful). There aren't any registered guide dogs that are Irish Setters. There aren't any current drug dogs, dogs for the deaf, dogs for the disabled from the breed. Heck, they're practically extinct as hunting dogs. These are pets and show dogs, and very well may they do. If she breeds guide dogs, then it's with another breed.
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  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Gorgeous :) Their owner is going to have their hands full!

    Although i don't think they are going to be Guide Dogs.... hopefully this isn't a backyard breeder and they all go to loving homes.
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  • kjmtidea
    kjmtidea Posts: 1,372 Forumite
    Laconic wrote: »
    That *is* cute! :)

    However, the notion that any are going to be guide dogs is a little incredible (as in not credible, not wonderful). There aren't any registered guide dogs that are Irish Setters. There aren't any current drug dogs, dogs for the deaf, dogs for the disabled from the breed. Heck, they're practically extinct as hunting dogs. These are pets and show dogs, and very well may they do. If she breeds guide dogs, then it's with another breed.

    That's what I thought, hopefully the fact that she breeds guide dogs means that she does actually have a clue what she is doing and they won't all end up in rescues.
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  • pinkcandyflossprincess
    pinkcandyflossprincess Posts: 4,583 Forumite
    they are cute without a doubt:o
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  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
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    edited 6 December 2011 at 9:11PM
    Just another breeder using the press to get the animals sold for the highest price. It was St Bernards last time, I think, when someone hauled up on breakfast TV [strike]advertising them for sale[/strike] showing the nation how cute a big litter of puppies was.


    ETA: The Daily Mail has the weblink for the sales. They're £600 each, advertised on Pets4Homes. And it's a bit worrying that a veterinary nurse who states on her breeding page that she's a Canine Reproduction Specialist for the Guide Dogs For The Blind Association had no idea how many puppies there were when she scanned the dam herself.
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  • bramble1
    bramble1 Posts: 3,096 Forumite
    Why are they advertising on Pets4homes?? :( surely if she was a responsible breeder surely she'd have had a waiting list before breeding
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  • Jojo_the_Tightfisted
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    bramble1 wrote: »
    Why are they advertising on Pets4homes?? :( surely if she was a responsible breeder surely she'd have had a waiting list before breeding



    You're answering your own question, I think :(
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