Over 25 staff and volunteers worked 24 hour shifts to feed the pups - named Theodore, Cider, Dougal, Kasper, Winnie, Holly, Sasha and Bailey - every three hours. But with Amber too weak and stressed to feed them, charity staff stepped in to help to hand-feed the pups to get them up to strength. Read more: Christmas bin collections as Buckinghamshire Council make changes for festive periodĮight puppies were successfully delivered by emergency C-section despite their heart rates beginning to drop in the womb. Once examined and treated she was transferred to the Blue Cross pet charity’s centre in Burford, Oxfordshire, where she soon showed signs of going into labour. Staff believed she had been used for ‘backyard breeding‘ and dumped when her owners knew they would need to pay for veterinary intervention to deliver her large litter. She was also skeletal apart from her bulging pregnant belly. Poor Amber was found to be suffering from sarcoptic mange which was bleeding from scratching and biting her itchy skin. The four-year-old pooch was so scared she hid when anyone tried to help but was finally too exhausted and a dog walker managed to catch her and take her to the vet. Golden girl Amber was discovered by a shocked member of the public as she ran terrified around a field in High Wycombe back in March. A pregnant golden retriever that was cruelly dumped in a field in High Wycombe and left sick and starving for days has found a loving home just in time for Christmas, along with her pups.
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