Category: 2017 Profiles
Category: 2017 Profiles
Tobie Edwards
Sad News, 13 March 2024 Tobie’s dad said, “I, just wanted to let you know we lost our Tobie (15 .5 years old) on 13th March. He has been such a lovely dog and not a bit of bother since we collected him from Keren and David of the IRR back in May 2017. We
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FLY HIGH SWEET ANGEL THE HEARTBREAK NEVER ENDS (MAY 2023) Miley’s mum, Lorraine, told us “Andy and I have had to say the saddest “goodbye” to our lovely girl. She is now forever reunited with her darling brother and our miracle boy, Brynnie. All Aunty Kathryn’s angels will have been waiting for her as well as the many, many friends she made through Irish Retriever
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Alfie Douglas
Sad News 11 February 2023 Alfie’s mum wrote, “Our gorgeous boy, Alfie, has crossed the rainbow. He was challenging, clever, funny and full of life, even when he lost his eyesight. He came from Spain and had unstable times in uk as he had three fosters and one failed adoption before he came to us.
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Sadie Crofton
Sad News 25th July 2022 And all too soon, poor Kathryn is left heartbroken again. Her beloved Sadie left for the bridge today (25th July 2022) to meet her brothers and sisters. Please hold Kathryn in your prayers, even a heart as big as hers can only break so many times. History Sadie is a
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Ozzy Roberts
Sad News Monday 20 June 2022 Ozzy’s mum said, “It is with great sadness and a very heavy heart that we have to tell you that we said goodbye to our lovely and gorgeous Ozzy yesterday. At 13½ he enjoyed life to the full right to the end, insisting on being the life and soul of the
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A Sad Christmas, 24 December 2021 Daisy’s Mum said, ” A sad Christmas for me as I said goodbye to my last IRR baby yesterday. Daisy at the good old age of 14 is now rolling on the grass in heaven with Douglas. Until we are together again sweet girl run and play with your
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Sad News, 20 August 2020 Thank you to IRR and to my old boy Douglas who gave me much love and so many cuddles in his senior years. He is now in heaven leaving me, Tyler and his best mate Daisy with a massive hole in our lives. I tried to love him better but
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Rosie Bull
Sad News 10 November 2021 Rosie’s mum said: “Devastated isn’t the word. Martin and I lost our precious baby girl Rosie to the Bridge today. Saturday she wasn’t herself… today despite the Vets trying their best, she drifted away. Run free Daddy’s Little Princess, Mummy loves you xx” JANE’S TRIBUTE TO ROSIE (13.11.2021) I just
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Charlie Wright
03 06.2016 – 16.04.2021 Charlie’s parents said: Sadly, we had to take the decision to let Charlie go. He was the most willing and lovable retriever, who liked nothing better than to be with you. A real ‘Velcro’ dog. Last October he became unwell. A weekend in and out of our local vets followed and
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Sidyl Waterfield
Sad News 12 March 2021 Sidyl’s mum, Julia, said: “We are heartbroken at losing our lovely Sidyl. Adopting Sidyl and Madoc together in November 2017 was a wonderful experience. Madoc was full of life and love and a sad loss when he died so soon, and Sidyl was so gentle and happy and patient, even
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Tragic news, 4 March 2021 Bertie’s mum, Liz said: “This beautiful boy Bertie gained his wings and went to Rainbow Bridge on 4th March 2021. Sadly, Bertie had Lymphoma , he was only 5 1/2. We collected him from Alan mid-April, 4 years ago . What a boy he was, naughty, funny , helpful ,
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Barclay Lindsay
Update June 2020 Barclay’s mum, Karen says, “Barclay (or Barclay Bear as he’s often known!) adopted us on the 3rd of March 2018. We don’t know what we did to be so lucky as to have him come into our lives, but we are so grateful that he did as he is just the funniest,
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Rozie Lockley
ROZIE WAS A REMARKABLE GIRL BUT SHE LOST HER BATTLE TODAY (24.3.2020) This afternoon, Tuesday 24th March, Cindy and Nigel lost Rozie. They told us “She has spent the last 6 months fighting chronic kidney failure. It was in September, that she was only given only weeks rather than months to live but the stubborn
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Walter
Walter is a wonderful, neutered male, white, Golden Retriever/Labrador/Collie X. He is supposed to be 2yrs in October but it is thought to be much younger. He was surrendered to the pound and a likely death sentence. IRR was contacted about Walter hoping we could help. He was due to be put down and Mollie
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Valentino Noble
A DREADFUL SENSE OF LOSS (23.7.2018) On Monday, 23rd July, Lorraine passed on the extremely sad news that Valentino had passed that morning after a massive heart attack. A couple of days later, his distraught Mum, Julie, wrote saying ”It is with a very heavy heart that I write to tell our lovely IRR family
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Tara
MAY 2017 Tara has gone to her Forever Home AUGUST 2017 Unfortunately, Tara’s home didn’t work out so her fosterer, Lynn, was more than happy to take her back and Tara enjoyed seeing all her friends again. On 16.8.2017. Lynn reassessed Tara saying ” Tara has been back with me for just over a week
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Soldier Gooding
WONDERFUL NEWS FOR OUR BRAVE BOY AS HE BECOMES A FOREVER FOSTER (AUGUST 2017) Due to his severe health problems, it was decided the best option for him would be to remain forever with his fosterer, Geraldine, and her lovely bitch, Millie. He could not have done better and the latest reports (May 2018) are
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May 2018 Scooter’s fosterer tells us: Scooter is 24 Kg in weight. He is a Labrador Retriever (possibly Collie) Cross. He is deep red in colour with white patches and paws Health: there is no longer any discharge from his eyes. He is in foster in the UK with Margaret and Bob. Scooter is a
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Rascal
Rascal is an 8 year old neutered Golden Retriever. He is extremely handsome with a 5 generation Kennel Club pedigree certificate to match. HISTORY He is from NI and his date of birth was 13/11/2008. His owners didn’t have enough time for him so he ended up being kept in a shed although they
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Ralph is a fabulous, ten year old neutered male, golden coloured, Golden Retriever who came with his Irish kennel club registration certificate. He was health checked by the Animal Welfare Clinic and inoculated in order to attain his Pet passport to come to the UK. HISTORY He was relinquished to IRR as family circumstances had
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Phoebe is a sweet, 3 year old, light golden spayed female Golden Retriever. She has been health checked and inoculated for travel to the UK. HISTORY She came through the Cork SPCA with whom we have a great relationship. Although she came from a family, little is known about her background. She is currently being
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Phoebe and Holly have been together from their birth in May 2015 and have forged a strong bond that cannot be broken. They tend to fret when separated even for a short while. Holly and her sister, Phoebe, were relinquished by their owner as Holly is a sheep chaser (for fun not to hurt them).
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Phoebe and Holly have been together from their birth in May 2015 and have forged a strong bond that cannot be broken. They tend to fret when separated even for a short while. Holly and her sister, Phoebe, were relinquished by their owner as Holly is a sheep chaser (for fun not to hurt them).
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Maybee Dagger
A MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN (APRIL 2018) We are sure Ellie and Connie both had a paw in Maybee and Val finding each other. She is a dear little soul and she already has her paws well and truly under Val’s table. IN MAYBEE’S OWN WORDS “I love my new name and Mum says I respond very
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Daisy
Daisy and Millie are both cream coloured, 9 year old female, pure bred Golden Retrievers. They have both received all the necessary vaccinations and Daisy has been spayed. Millie is yet to be spayed but, as she is currently getting over a heat, this will be done in three months times. They will both be
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Daisy and Millie are both cream coloured, 9 year old female, pure bred Golden Retrievers. They have both received all the necessary vaccinations and Daisy has been spayed. Millie is yet to be spayed but, as she is currently getting over a heat, this will be done in three months times. They will both be
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Maxim
Maxim (Max for short) is a very big, deep golden coloured, 10 month old male Golden Retriever. He has neutered and groomed and has received the necessary inoculations for travel to the UK. HISTORY Max has been loved and has never known anything but kindness but his owners could no longer look after him due
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Martha MacGregor
SHE WORKED HER MAGIC ON LORNA Martha worked her magic on Lorna, her fosterer, who totally fell in love with her. In her fabulous Scottish Forever Home, little Martha also had a new sibling, Lola, to “show her the way”. HISTORY When Martha came into IRR care in 2017, she was just 4 months old.
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BRILLIANT NEWS THEN TRAGEDY (16.5.2018) We were all delighted when, in November 2017, Sidyl and Madoc went off happily together to live in their Forever Home with Julia, Chris and their dog, Max. For someone to take on a dog with such severe health problems as those suffered by Madoc was nothing short of a
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Maddie is a stunning pure bred 1.5 year old, spayed female Golden Retriever. She is cream, almost white in colour. She has received all the vaccinations necessary and has been groomed before travelling. PERSONALITY Maddie is a fabulous girl who has a loving personality and is very affectionate. She is a typical, joyful, bundle of
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Luke
LUKE is a small, golden coloured, intelligent, 3 year old neutered male Golden Retriever. He is micro-chipped and been health checked by a vet. HISTORY The owner contacted IRR after hearing about us through friends. We assured her that he would get a really fantastic home as all our IRR dogs do where he would
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Lucky is a gorgeous, 9 months old, castrated Golden Retriever dog. HISTORY He was handed in to Heather in Northern Ireland and is now in foster with Dawn in Scotland. PERSONALITY Lucky is a lovely natured dog who is eager to please. He loves to be around people and is always keen to say “hello”
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Lola is a wonderful, 4 year old golden coloured, spayed female Golden Retriever. She is micro-chipped and has been health checked by a vet. HISTORY Sadly, she was surrendered by her owners when they could no longer look after her. PERSONALITY Lola is sweet and gentle, loving and good. She is exactly what one would
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Lexi is a sweet, light golden, spayed female Golden Retriever. She is about two years old and has had at least one litter of pups. She has been vet checked and inoculated for her transport to the UK. Unfortunately, due to a fall, Kathryn had been unable to afford Lexi the normal grooming session she
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Norma
Lawna is an overweight, arthritic 13yr old Golden Retriever who has grown up in a family home in the UK since she was approximately 2yrs old. HISTORY The previous owner said that she had been purchased from a breeder who said she didn’t want her as “she wasn’t a good breeding bitch”. She was brought
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Ahti
Lady Bailey is a stunning 5 year old Golden Retriever x Labrador x English Setter. She is golden and cream in colour and is already spayed. She has received her inoculations and has been groomed. HISTORY She came from a fantastic home but, sadly, their little boy was becoming increasingly ill due to his allergic
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SLEEP PEACEFULLY SWEET LADY 2007 – 1.9.2017 Lady was a 10 year old cream coloured Golden Retriever with a gentle personality. We had been determined to do our very best for her as Lady really deserved to enjoy her remaining years with her mate Beau, in a loving home where she would have a daily
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Florence
Florence is a stunning 1 year old cream coloured, female, Golden Retriever who has not yet been spayed. This lovely young girl has received all the vaccinations necessary to travel to the UK and was groomed before leaving Eire. HISTORY Florence was relinquished through a Limerick rescue with whom IRR has not only got a
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Fionn Guy
IT WAS WORTH THE WAIT Sadly, through no fault of Fionn’s, his promised UK forever home was unsuccessful but we still did not expect to have any problem rehoming this boy and knew that he was destined for a wonderful life which he is now having. HISTORY Fionn is a smallish, deep golden coloured Labrador
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Rory
Finn and Rory are both big, golden coloured, six year old, Golden Retrievers. They have received their vaccinations to go to the UK and were neutered and groomed. HISTORY Finn and Rory came through Ennis Pound, one of the Pounds we deal with on a regular basis, and Martina in Babydog Rescue who
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Finn and Rory are both big, golden coloured, six year old, Golden Retrievers. They have received their vaccinations to go to the UK and were neutered and groomed. HISTORY Finn and Rory came through Ennis Pound, one of the Pounds we deal with on a regular basis, and Martina in Babydog Rescue who
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THEY DIDN’T HAVE FAR TO LOOK (OCTOBER 2017) Toby and Elvis have been together all their lives and have a strong bond with each other so IRR would not split them and they needed to be placed together. To nobody’s surprise, Toby and Elvis didn’t have far to look for their dream home. They waved
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NOT FAR TO LOOK (OCTOBER 2017) To nobody’s surprise, Toby and Elvis didn’t have far to look for their dream home. They waved their magic wands and sprinkled fairy dust over Marion so she, very quickly, fell under their spell and joined our ever swelling ranks of extremely happy “failed” fosterers. HISTORY Toby and Elvis
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Murphy
Dante is a wonderful, 7 month old male Golden Retriever. He is cream, almost white, in colour with a sweet personality. This beautiful boy has been neutered and he has received the necessary inoculations to travel to the UK. HISTORY Circumstances decreed, after much deliberation, Dante would have to be found a new home as
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Dannie
Dannie is a stunning, light gold coloured, pure bred male Golden Retriever who was only 10-11months old when he came to IRR. He was groomed in Ireland, is neutered, vaccinated and has his Pet Passport for the UK. HISTORY Dannie came through our wonderful friends in Babydog Rescue in Ennis, Co. Clare with whom
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Daisie
Daizie, who will be 3yrs old in September, is a stunning, deep golden, purebred female Golden Retriever. This wonderful girl has been spayed and has received all the necessary vaccinations and was groomed in Ireland. HISTORY Poor Daizie was an outside dog whose family also had little dogs that deliberately wound her up but who
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POPPY HAS HER DREAM HOME Poppy has the perfect forever home with Des, Michelle and Mum, Sue. They already think Daisy is absolutely fantastic and the most loving dog too. HER FIRST NIGHT AND DAY (22.8.2018) Michelle was delighted to tell us how well Daisy did on for her first night in her forever home
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Barley is a 2yr old male, microchipped, innoculated, castrated Golden Retriever.As is normal, he was thoroughly vet checked HISTORY Barley was surrendered to Offaly pound as his owner didn’t want him anymore! PERSONALITY Barley is a sweet, affectionate, loving boy who hasn’t got an ounce of aggression in him. HEALTH As to be expected at
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BELLA and CHARLIE HAVE A GREAT HOME TOGETHER THEIR HISTORY Bella ia a spayed 6yr old Golden Retriever and Charlie is gorgeous, castrated 5 years old GSD. Both have been vaccinated and microchipped and have their Pet Passports for travel to the UK. In 2017, Bella and Charlie were relinquished by their owner due to
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CHARLIE and BELLA HAVE A FANTASTIC HOME TOGETHER THEIR HISTORY Both dogs were vaccinated and microchipped and have their Pet Passports for travel to the UK. Bella and Charlie were relinquished by their owner due to extremely tragic circumstances. Their very sad owner told us “I have had my two dogs, Charlie and Bella, for
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Charlie
A VERY LUCKY BOY (3.9.2018) Charlie has fallen on all four paws and was lucky enough to find his perfect forever home with Diane and John in July 2018. For nine years, they were the devoted adopters of the wonderful Brucie who passed over Rainbow Bridge on 21.7.2017 Diane says “Charlie has settled in really well with
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Lola
HISTORY Dear little Carla (who became Lola) was supposed to be 9mths old in 2017. She a very small Golden Retriever. Having received all the vaccinations necessary to obtain her Pet Passport for travel to the UK, she went into foster with Louise and her dogs. FOSTER ASSESSMENT PERSONALITY: Shortly after her arrival Louise told
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Otto Reader-Hoer
OTTO IS LIVING WITH ALL SORTS OF ANIMALS NOW First Otto had a short stay in foster with Bridgette, Ricky, Josh, Izzie, Max and their menagerie in Somerset. Otto passed every test apart from being a willing participant in a pillow and feather fight with naughty Max. Tracey and Mark, of course, fell in love
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Rosie
Bliss is an 8yr old, spayed, Golden Retriever. As is normal, she received all the vaccinations necessary to obtain her Pet Passport for travel to the UK where she went into foster with Paula and her dogs. CHARACTER AND TEMPERAMENT Paula says “Bliss is a sweet, gentle natured girl and is an extremely easy, loveable
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BARNABY TELLS US “MY FOLKS ARE HOPELESS!!!!!!!!!” (14.4.2017) “Barnaby reporting here. Well, what can I say? Not unlike one or two other well known IRR fosterers, my folks (Louise and Paul) are really quite hopeless!!!!!!!! They have added to our numbers again and Bill and Ben are staying forever. Their excuse is that the boys can be a bit
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Bill Wright
BROTHER BARNABY SAYS “MY FOLKS HAVE DONE IT AGAIN” (14.4.2017) “Barnaby, Foster Brother Extraordinaire, reporting here. Well, what can I say? Not unlike one or two other well known IRR fosterers, my folks (Louise and Paul) are really quite hopeless!!!!!!!! They have added to our numbers again and Bill and Ben are staying forever. Their excuse
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Bentley
Bentley is a gorgeous 3 year old, neutered male, Golden Retriever. He received all the vaccinations necessary to travel to the UK and was groomed before leaving Eire. PERSONALITY Diane, his fosterer says of him “Bentley is a very needy dog. When he came, he was very nervous of sudden movements or noises to the
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Benji is a 11 year old cream coloured, male Labrador. This wonderful boy has received all the vaccinations necessary for travel, has been neutered and groomed. HISTORY Benji came through our good friends in Cork, DAWG, a fantastic rescue that deals with dogs in Cork. He belonged to someone who had died and, sadly
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Ben is a stunning, pure white 2yr old castrated Golden Retriever. He received the usual vet checks and had his inoculations in Ireland before traveling to the UK where he is being fostered by Keren and David. HISTORY Ben was relinquished by a family who didn’t have enough time for him PERSONALITY Keren says “What
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Amber Piper
LIFE CAN BE SO CRUEL (4.12.2017) The girls found their perfect forever home but, sadly, fate was soon to lend a very cruel hand. Amber’s new Mum, Sally, told us “We met Amber (then known as Linda) on a Saturday morning in September. She and Bella were just delightful and seemed to immediately get on
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BEAU WAS TAKEN FAR TOO SOON (21.7.2018) On Monday, 23 July, Sharon wrote and told us “It is with great sadness and tears in my eyes that I am typing this email. After 10 short months, I had to have my beloved Beau put to sleep on Saturday 21 July 2018. It seems no time
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