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Foster mutt: Rottweiler plays mother to orphaned bunnies, birds. |
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By: Montraviatommygun Date: February 28, 2011, 9:40 am |
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As a besotted rottweiler owner I love this story - it's worth |
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looking at the link just for the picture |
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1361222/Rottweiler-plays-mother-orphane… |
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Foster mutt: Rottweiler plays mother to orphaned bunnies, |
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birds... and even kittens |
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By James Tozer |
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Last updated at 8:46 AM on 28th February 2011 |
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You probably wouldn�t pick a ten-stone rottweiler to nursemaid |
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orphaned bunnies and birds. But even kittens are in no danger |
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from Dave the Dog. All he wants to do is look after them. |
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Owner Amanda Collins discovered her six-year-old pet�s maternal |
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nature when she brought home an unwanted French giant rabbit. |
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�Dave just walked over to him and started licking him to clean |
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him,� said the 25-year-old, who runs a pet shop in Blackpool. |
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�They bonded straight away. Now they sleep together, and I�ve |
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even seen them sharing each other�s food.� |
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Miss Collins, who has looked after a menagerie of abandoned |
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animals, soon found this wasn�t a one-off. |
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'When I brought home the ducklings, I thought he might not be |
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the same as with the rabbits, but he just went over to them and |
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licked them on the head,' she said.. |
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'I filled a paddling pool with water so they could learn to swim |
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in it, and Dave went and laid down in the water so they could |
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clamber over him. He even lifted them out if they got into |
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trouble.' |
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So far, Dave has helped bring up four ducks, three geese, five |
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rabbits, 13 kittens and five puppies - not to mention countless |
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new-born chicks. |
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Dave had a traumatic upbringing � his first owner docked his |
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tail with a cleaver � but has remained amazingly good-natured |
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and has now been voted Britain�s most inspirational dog in a |
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contest sponsored by worming specialists Drontal. |
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The online contest attracted over 6,000 entries and 265,515 |
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votes were cast. |
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And six-year-old Dave's owner hopes his success will help |
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improve the breed's image. |
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'People see him coming and cross the road to the other side - |
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it's so sad,' said Miss Collins. |
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'Most rottweilers aren't big vicious things - they can be very |
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gentle and obedient if they're looked after and trained |
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properly, and Dave is the perfect example of that.' |
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