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Honey the 7 year old Golden Retriever
Emma's family have had Honey since she was a puppy. When they initially had her vaccinated, the vet talked about having her spayed, and the family was thinking about having her done.
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Bruce the eleven year old cross bred dog
Bruce had a life threatening crisis last summer, and Sarah is happy to share his story for a simple reason: the problem could have been prevented and she’d like other people to be aware of this ..
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Rocky is a much loved German Shepherd
Earlier this week, there was a social media storm when a Meath county councillor said that he was amazed that people kept restricted breeds of dogs as family pets.
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Saffy a ten year old Miniature Dachshund is dragging her legs
Saffy and Emilia featured in this newspaper column ten years ago, when Saffy was a young puppy who had survived Parvovirus, and Emilia was just a ten year old girl.
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Eddie the cat has a runny left eye
Ruby took on Eddie as a one year old rescued cat, and ever since she’s owned him, his left eye has not been normal.
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Davey is a one eyed rescued Beagle
Niamh originally had just one dog: a young Beagle called Bobby. She sometimes felt sorry for Bobby, as he was the only dog in the household, so she decided to get him a friend.
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Freckles was the victim of a mysterious poisoning
Holly's family are fond of cats, and in the last few years they looked after a number of rescued cats from local welfare groups.
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Tilly is a one year old cross bred Chihuahua
Since September 2015, it has been the law in Ireland that all new puppies must be microchipped and registered before they are sold.
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Margo the 9 week old Cockapoo had diarrhoea
The family used to have two larger dogs – a Beagle and a Labrador – who both passed away recently of old age.
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Penny the 5 year old Labrador had to lose weight
Penny loved food too much as a young dog. By the age of three, she had become more than just overweight: she was obese, weighing 35kg. Then in 2014, she suffered a severe bout of lower back pain.
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Mia the 3 year old French Bulldog is stressed
Suzie and her partner have three dogs , and up until now, the animals have been the centre of their home life.
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Hardy the 12 year old collie had ‘warts’ removed
Hardy was a well-known dog in Ireland twelve years ago, when he was rescued by Ash Animal Sanctuary in Co Wicklow.
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Susie is a 20 year old cat who has diabetes
As Susie has grown older, she now spends most of her time sleeping, and so she has stopped wearing down her own nails.
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Patch the Jack Russell Terrier needed to be castrated
As a one year old male dog, Patch is beginning to be strongly influenced by his hormones.
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Daisy a 7 year old Bichon Frise reverse sneezes
Daisy has always been a happy, healthy dog, but since she was a young adult, she has had episodes of strange breathing.
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Alfa the 1 year old Yorkshire Terrier is a glutton
Alfa is a rescue dog: Julie took her in from the Wicklow SPCA a few months ago.
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Flopsy, Mopsy and Cottontail are sisters
Mopsy started holding one ear up, and one ear down. On inspection the drooping ear looked red and sore - had the rabbits been fighting?
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Ted the 7 year old Beagle fell seriously ill from a tick
Renata has owned Ted since he was a pup: she bought him from a breeder in Warsaw, in Poland, where she was living until recently.