Owner wanted family dog put to sleep as it was 'too old' - but sweet pooch gets saved

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A rescue centre has taken in a 21-year-old dog after its owner reportedly wanted her put down for being too old. Holly, a 21-year-old Labrador mix, who was surrendered to a warden and deemed unwanted.

But the pooch, almost 150 in dog years, was saved after a "heartbroken" rescue centre took her in. Holly, who was given to the Monaghan Dog Pound in Northern Ireland, was then taken in at the nearby Carrick shelter, reports Belfast Live.She was made comfortable in a kennel and given a hearty meal and is now settling into life at Heather House in Moira, Co Down, while she is assessed for a new family and retirement home to enjoy her final years.

Helen Hewett, manager of the Carrick Dog Shelter, Co Monaghan, said: "It is beyond belief that anyone could surrender their dog at the age of 21 and tell the dog warden to take her away and put her to sleep - with only strangers by her side. "On Tuesday, we had a dog admitted to our care.

The dog warden received a call to collect Holly and take her away with the owner asking for her to be put to sleep. She was given a reference number 288 by the council and the dog warden was excellent and understood this old girl still had a good bit of life about her.