Can you help us to find our missing mummy?

Wednesday 20th July 2011, 4:24PM BST.

The seven Telford puppies who are missing their mother

These seven puppies have lost their mum and a Shropshire couple today made a desperate plea for help in getting her back. Jack Russell cross Peggy went missing from her home in Redhill, Telford, on Sunday afternoon.

Owners Drew Corbett and Verity LeGrove have been searching frantically for her ever since.

Eighteen-month old Peggy gave birth to seven puppies at the end of June and Miss LeGrove, 28, is having to feed them powdered milk through a syringe. She said they were keeping each other warm and battling through.

“We are absolutely devastated,” she said. “We don’t have children so our four horses and three dogs mean the absolute world to us.

“We live on a farm so we usually give our dogs Titch, Scampi and Peggy free run on a Sunday afternoon while we tend to the horses. But when we called them only Titch and Scampi came back.

Peggy, the mother to the seven puppies, is missing

“We searched for Peggy up until about midnight on Sunday and we have been out at 5am every day since looking for her before work.

“We feel like we have let her down and her puppies desperately need her.

“I have got a friend who is a vet so I have been getting advice from her. We are feeding the dogs powdered milk through a syringe at the moment and gradually weaning them on to milk from a bowl.

“They are coping and I think the fact there is so many of them has helped because they are keeping each other warm and battling along. But it kills me to think we might never see Peggy’s face again, she is such a lovely little dog.”

Miss LeGrove, a teacher, said she had placed an advert with website DogLost and had contacted rehoming centres and the police. Anyone who knows of Peggy’s whereabouts can call 07736 150077.

View more: Telford news.

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let me have my say

July 20, 2011 at 19:31

You may have checked but are the any known badgers / rabbit holes you know near to you that the dog may go down and got stuck, or hate to say it, but a friend of mine recently lost her young dog, which was apperently shot by a farming thinking it was going to kill his lambs ( which would make them big lambs), and buried it, not telling anyone, but was caught out by a neighbouring farmer who knew the owner of dog.Not sating its happened to yours, but worth checking with the local farmers

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Jo

July 21, 2011 at 10:20

Have you tried putting her picture and description on http://www.nationalpetregister.org/
and any other websites you can find that deal with missing pets.

I really hope you find her. My thoughts are with you.

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Vikkie robinson

July 21, 2011 at 16:52

Would love one of those puppies when they are ready

I am so sorry to hear that the mommy is missing and I hope you find her

Good luck xx

Thoughts with you

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Louise Butcher

July 22, 2011 at 22:42

So sorry to hear about Peggy and her pups. If she is still missing try animal search and rescue (01432 761 406). They helped us find our dog after the coldest 10 days of christmas last year. Try them, you have nothing to lose.

Good luck x

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Helen Gaut

July 24, 2011 at 08:20

Congratulations on being reunited with peggy :-)
Iam very pleased for all your family +four legged friends especially her puppys
How are puppys doing? + hows peggy after her Ordeal?
May i ask when puppys are ready to leave?
how much your selling them for
& Also what sexes are they?
my number is 07807052694

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