Today's trip down memory lane takes us back 10 years to when four adorable puppies arrived in the area.

Here's how we told the story in the Reporter back on Tuesday, February 24, 2009...

FOUR tiny puppies who were rejected by their mum are now happily at home in the Burgh.

The 13-day-old Rottweiler pups were born at a Glasgow animal home in a huge litter of 17, but were rejected by their four-year-old mother Tara.

And after staff were unable to cope with the regular feeding of the 13 pups, Milton Animal Home has stepped in and four of the litter have been transferred to the centre where they have settled in with new mum Meg, a collie/pointer cross.

Joe McDade, centre manager at Milton, told the Reporter: “They’re getting on fine, Meg has just finished nursing her own pups and is still producing milk, she has just completely taken to them and immediately started cleaning and lifting them, she’s a natural mum.”

Meg has only been at the home for six weeks and it seems her good nature has caught the eye of visitors, with a family due to adopt her as soon as she finishes her nursing duties.

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Joe added: “Meg has only been with us for a few weeks and although a family wants to take her, they’re fine about her staying for another couple of weeks to finish nursing the pups.”

The staff at the Scottish SPCA home in Glasgow could not cope with round the clock care, but Joe says Meg makes the job look easy.

He added: “She’s so laid back and if a mother accepts them it’s the easiest thing in the world.

“These pups came from a huge litter, there were seventeen, although four of the weaker ones didn’t

make it because they’re all competing with each other all the time.

“So many puppies is very rare and a huge load, so the rest of them are still being looked after in Glasgow.

“There’s been a lot of interest in them and there have been over three hundred calls from people who are looking to re-home them which is great news.”

The cute pups will grow into large dogs and could weigh anything up to six stone.

Joe added: “A lot of people have been in since Christmas looking to adopt and a lot of the animals have found new homes, so luckily there was space for our wee visitors.”