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11 Sept 2025
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11 Sept 2025
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Sockie - Laois
This is Sockie (named Sockie since when we rescued her she could only fit into a sock to stay warm!), Sockie is a 6-month-old chihuahua mix who we rescued from a very unethical backyard breeding situation where she was being sold as a teacup Pomeranian.
When we took her home we noticed that she was covered in blood lice, scabs and bald spots from head to tail and at only 600 grams in weight our vet couldn't prescribe her with any medication or parasite treatment. This meant that we had to take the long way around with daily baths, lathering her with creams and oils and painstakingly removing the blood lice one by one.
After a few very long weeks we had successfully cleared Sockie from all scabs and parasites, her coat was starting to grow back and we had gotten her weight up to a healthy 1kg! Since Sockie made a full recovery she's been absolutely flying and hasn't looked back once!
She might be tiny in size but she most certainly makes up for it with her ginormous personality, from doing her all time favourite trick (which she's pictured doing above), to thinking she's a scary guard dog when she's out and about, and even trying to keep up with our lurcher in the garden while doing zoomies, Sockie really is a character to say the least!
In conclusion Sockie is a very happy go lucky and a very special little girl who was luckily removed from a terrible situation and so we definitely think she deserves The Nose Of Tralee title but with all of these adorable pets entered in, well be happy for any winner
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