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She said: "We know there's a spike in people searching for puppies and buying dogs at the beginning of the school holidays but we'd urge families to carefully consider whether getting a dog is right for them.

The pair had sold 15 Labrador puppies between October and December last year that they knew were either sick or very likely to become unwell.

You don't let your children fight because you know it will end in tears, so why do we let puppies? Thinking that dogs will be dogs is lazy ownership.

An undercover Scottish SPCA special investigations officer told the Express: "We are closely investigating a large volume of puppies which are being shipped over from Ireland by suspected puppy dealers.

Unscrupulous Irish breeders traffic hundreds of puppies through Cairnryan each year for onward shipment and sale.

Good breeders and experienced rescue groups work hard to make the best match to ensure puppies go to the right homes and stay there for their entire lives.

Eight newborn puppies have been stolen after two men threatened a pregnant woman and her young children with a knife.

In addition, puppies are up to date with their vaccinations and will be micro-chipped before going to their new home.

Research by the Kennel Club has found that a million puppies are being bought before being seen, while around half a million are bought online and delivered.

PUPPIES can no longer be torn away from their mothers to be sold, after a victory for an animal rights campaign.

GUIDE Dog puppies always get lots of attention because, after all, they are cute and fluffy!

Most service-dog organizations rely heavily on volunteers to welcome the organization's puppies into their homes--and hearts--for more than a year, during which time the volunteers are responsible for teaching basic obedience, impeccable house manners, and how to be confident and calm in a variety of public settings.

Thousands of puppies are born into the illegal puppy trade each year, which the Scottish Government estimated to be worth PS13m in 2017 in Scotland alone.

FOUR people have been arrested and six puppies removed after raids on two suspected puppy farms.