The RSPCA is appealing to people living in the east of the UK who can offer a home to one or more of 100 St Bernards.
The dogs are aged betweek two and eight years and are being rehomed in small groups through several RSPCA Centres.
Priority will be given to potential owners who live nearest to the centre the dog is in.
Effectively this means that priority will be given to people living in Bedfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Cambridgshire, Derbyshire, Leicestershire, Norfolk, Northamptonshire, Oxfordshire and Nottinghamshire.
However, enquiries from other areas will be taken.
"These dogs need special care and patience" said a spokesman for the charity.
"They all have good temperaments but their kennel background means they will need owners with the knowledge and time to help them settle into their new homes"
for more information phone 0300 123 8000

Why can't they name her when they have already said it's her they're looking for?

Who's the bloke?

Sorry - I still don't believe it's as straight forward as that. It just doesn't make sense.

And whilst I abhor animal cruelty of any kind and I am very concerned about the evidence coming to light over these poor, poor dogs - I still don't believe it's that straight forward.

The woman had a good reputation, she loved her dogs, having spoken to people with experience with her they believe she loved her dogs. I don't agree with having that many dogs but she's not the only one and I know of large kennels with way more dogs than I agree with but they're not puppy farms, the dogs are bred for health, conformation and temperament and get plenty of attention from staff and live together with plenty of fulfillment.

I'm not defending what she's done, I'm defending her for now... we don't know what's happened, okay, so she may not have collapsed or been into hospital but there are health problems that present themselves differently, ie. mental illness etc. and I don't believe that a woman who's devoted her whole life to breeding, rearing and showing dogs, qualifying as a VN and running a boarding kennels, would suddenly abandon them unless there was something seriously wrong.

I know the dogs are the innocent party here, they've suffered and they don't deserve to have, but I find it appalling that people can just write off other people as evil or worthless without knowing the facts.

I mean ok, people have damaged this world and cause cruelty to animals every day - it's easy to lose faith in them, but what happened to having compassion for ALL beings??

If it were a dog that had bitten, I bet some of the people who have already condemned this woman would be saying 'ah but WHY did the dog bite?'

Do we know that she did though??? It said the 15yr. old was supposed to be in charge, but it didn't seem like anybody was does it?? Maybe she's gone with her, unless somebody has actually seen her (the daughter) around??? Do we know if she is?

I think there might be a lot of people who might not want to take their 15 yr. old daughter with them if they behave like this with animals, dontcha think???!!!