Bella’s Bonnie Babies (2012)

The story began when Bella came into IRR care with an unknown history which included us not knowing if she had been spayed. Although no obvious scar could be found, to save her an unnecessary operation, we did as we always would in these circumstances and erred on the side of caution by waiting for a season. That way, if she wasn’t already spayed, we would be able to do it at the safest time for her, three months afterwards.

Well, not only had she not been spayed but she was hiding a guilty secret … in fact, seven little secrets. From the variety in the litter that arrived on 5th August 2012, we suspect she had more than one paramour but the happy result was…

THIS IS MUM, BELLA

Bella

SHE GAVE US A VERY BIG SURPRISE (5th AUGUST 2012) On 5th August 2012 Bella gave birth to 7 beautiful puppies, 3 girls and 4

Bailey Breuning

TAKEN TOO SOON (5.8.2012 - 3.7.2022) Bailey's mum said, "We saw Bailey's picture when he was a puppy on the IRR website, one of Bellas's

Paddy Skiera

Sad News 26/5/20 Paddy’s mum Anne said, “I’m sorry to inform you that Paddy died today. He had been suffering from Cushing’s syndrome for four

Ruby

RUBY'S HISTORY Ruby's Mum, Bella, was surrendered in Ireland due to a change in family circumstances. She is a Retriever mix and looks as though

Sammy

HISTORY Sammy took a while before he caught someone's eye after his first home fell through for him so, as a 6 month old puppy,

Bond Hammond

GOLDEN EYE-RISH CHARMER (Bond) 5th August 2012 – 22nd August 2017 A TRIBUTE FROM SANDRA To say we were both absolutely devastated and heart broken

Ellie

ELLIE'S HISTORY Ellie's Mum, Bella, was surrendered in Ireland due to a change in family circumstances. She is a Retriever mix and looks as though

Dolly Dracup

VERY HAPPY WITH MY SISTERS (JULY 2015) Dolly (The Doll Doll) is a little girl with a big character. Nigel says "She is full of

IRR Special Mums

THIS IS MUM, BELLA

AND THESE ARE HER BONNIE BABIES