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Reddy.. setter.. go

Giant litter offers hope for Britain’s rarest dog

chairman of the Irish Red and

White Setter Club of Great

Britain, described the gundogs

as “fabulous”.

But he said: “They have been

in consistent decline for the last

10 years, although this is the first

time they have been at the

bottom. It is a very bleak future

for them, it’s not good.”

He added: “They are wonderful

dogs to

l o o k a t

and very

graceful.”

Labradors are

our No1 breed,

with 35,347 born

last year.

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by daVe BURKe

A red & white setter is rarer than..

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two identical 4inch-wide objects was

heated to around 12C above room

temperature. “All three dogs could detect

stimuli of weak thermal radiation in

double-blind experiments,” according to

the study, which was published in

magazine Scientific Reports.

be felt by human hands, even at very

short distances,” their study said. “We had

to touch the surfaces to feel the warmth.”

The teams from Sweden’s Lund University

and the Eotvos Lorand University in

Hungary studied three dogs called Kevin,

Delfi and Charlie.

They were trained to identify which of

related to body temperature regulation,

and a sign of a healthy pooch.

but researchers revealed that a dog’s

rhinarium - the bare end point of the nose

• stays cool so it can detect faint heat
  sources, such as a small mammal,
  5ft away. “All stimuli of radiating heat
  used in our experiments were too weak to

Dogs’ cold noses act as ultra-sensitive heat detectors

sensitiVe A dog’s nose

IT’S a question which has had pet owners

trying to sniff out the answer for years...

just why are dogs’ noses cold?

Now researchers have found they are

chilly to the touch because they serve as

ultra-sensitive heat detectors that can

detect tiny prey from 5ft.

It had been assumed the phenomenon

TAlk about well bred... this

huge litter of pups has given

a massive boost to Britain’s

most endangered dog breed.

Just 39 Irish red and white

setters were registered last year,

putting them at the bottom of

the Kennel Club’s vulnerable

breeds list for 2019.

So breeder Ve Callaghan, of

Melton Mowbray, Leics, was

delighted when “Corranroo Coco

At Laoirebay” – pet

n a m e

Tamzin

• gav e
  birth to these
  10 pups, which are
  all taken already.
  J i m C u d d y ,

a fair

breed

Gorgeous

gundogs are

endangered

BUndles of

fUn Pups

cuddle up

family paw-tRait

Puppies line up for a

cute group photograph

BoRn heRo

The puppies’

mum Tamzin