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    How Kate Middleton, Prince William "Fell in Love" With Puppy

    Us Weekly – Tue, Jan 31, 2012 3:08 PM PST
    How Kate Middleton, Prince William "Fell in Love" With Puppy

    Prince William and Kate Middleton have fallen in love all over again -- with an adorable cocker spaniel puppy, a boy, about a month old.

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    As confirmed earlier on Tuesday, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have adopted the puppy with whom they were photographed on a beach in Wales in early January.

    "The puppy is theirs," a Palace aide tells Us Weekly, adding that Kate, 30, and Wiliam, 29, met the canine at Christmastime in Bucklebury, where Middleton grew up and where parents Michael and Carole still live.

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    "He belongs to a litter of cocker spaniels from one of Carole Middleton's friends near home," the aide explains, noting that William, 29, and Kate, 30, weren't 100 percent confident if they were ready for puppy parenthood.

    "At first, they had just taken it  home for a short period of time to see how they adapt," the aide says.

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    Didn't take long!  "William and Catherine fell in love with the pup instantly and it wasn't long before they decided to keep him," the source says.

    "He's now part of the royal fold!"

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    466 comments

    • arggg
      arggg  •  3 months ago
      Aww, the puppy is precious. Congratulations to Mom and Dad!
    • Sailee Yadav
      Sailee Yadav  •  3 months ago
      You guys, the puppy is in the picture...
      • xyz
        xyz 3 months ago
        Cute!
      • Debra
        Debra 3 months ago
        The first pic they had didn't have the puppy. They must have read the comments and changed the picture.
      • Nancy
        Nancy 3 months ago
        That black puppy in the picture is not a cocker spaniel and it's also way to big to be one month old!
    • Annon
      Annon  •  3 months ago
      cocker spaniel's are awesome! If you look at other articles, there is a picture of them on the beach with it.
      • NDNchik
        NDNchik 3 months ago
        Thank you
      • Right On
        Right On 3 months ago
        Cocker Spaniels are nasty
      • Kinga
        Kinga 3 months ago
        I have a little Maltese girl but big or small I love them all. Unconditional love!
    • mamamia
      mamamia  •  Merced, California  •  3 months ago
      very cool--have fun with it
    • jessica
      jessica  •  Pontiac, Michigan  •  3 months ago
      nice to see a cocker with an un docked tail. .
      • JessCairn
        JessCairn 3 months ago
        Docking and cropping has been illegal in the Western European countries for decades. Unnecessary cruelty to animals. The dog in the picture is an English cocker spaniel and definitely more than 5 weeks old. Puppies have to be at least 8 weeks to be taken away from their mother, that's the law there.
      • scarlet debi
        scarlet debi 3 months ago
        Much more civilized than here though its getting more popular. I'll never dock or crop a dog again.
    • elvisisforever
      elvisisforever  •  3 months ago
      I think it's a very wise choice. Mine was a shelter dog named Honey..whom I called Miss Honey. She never liked kids too well when they came around. I think Will and Kate will have no regrets in choosing the cocker whether it's an English or American. I hope to get another someday.
    • paradox_62
      paradox_62  •  3 months ago
      A lot of people are Cocker Spaniel bashing here. For a long time, in the late 70s and 80s, they were overbreeding ASCOB* American Cocker Spaniels (the English Cocker Spaniel is a different breed entirely, and I'm fairly sure the D&D of Cambridge got one of those) and there were, indeed, problems, including rage syndrome. The puppy mills were responsible for this, not the dogs. Any breed of dog - including Labs and especially Golden Retrievers (who have been way overbred and are now showing incidents of rage syndrome) can be ruined by greedy breeders.

      *Any Solid Color other than Black; usually blonde or buff.
      • James
        James 3 months ago
        I agree, our little guy was rescued by my sister along with his four other siblings almost 11 years ago from a horrible puppy mill. The breeder told her our little guy when she bought him was six weeks old and a pure bred toy poodle. My sister bought all his siblings and took them to the vet. They were full of parasites and fleas. She got them healthy and sold the to my neighbors for what she paid to rescue them. Our little guy was three weeks old and a cockapoo according to our vet. He has seizures but he is our baby and spoiled rotten He gets along wonderfully with all the grand babies. I believe the breeders of animals should be and Lord help me for saying this. REGULATED. There are horrible breeders out there as well as wonderful breeders. The bad make the news and the poor animals are the ones that pay the price. Congrats to the Royals for adopting their new addition.
      • Gloria Nugent
        Gloria Nugent 3 months ago
        When I was a kid,we had a cocker spaniel,and she was the BEST,little black dog,in the world!
      • sillyonthehilly
        sillyonthehilly 3 months ago
        In the past...a lot of different breed of dogs have overbreed after certain popular movies came out. The St. Bernard were gentle until they became popular and also the german shephard and as mentioned before..cocker spaniels had it happen to them years ago. They are are wonderful dogs when not interbreed within their own family. People have to check out the disposition of the puppies' parents before purchasing these puppies and also make sure they are not too closely related. That puppy looks like 8 weeks old.
    • Right On
      Right On  •  3 months ago
      WHAT?.............Not a Corgi...............The queen will be #$%$..
      • Deb
        Deb 3 months ago
        More like why isn't Kate preggy!
    • DawnS
      DawnS  •  Petersburg, Michigan  •  3 months ago
      Did the media not get the memo!!!! Kate MIDDLETON, got married to Prince William; regardless of protocal the title of Princess should come before Kate and Middleton should be discontinued. If not Prince and Princess how about just William and Kate everybody knows he's the Prince.
    • Tiger's Wood
      Tiger's Wood  •  3 months ago
      How do you not love a dog! They're awesome!
    • Brenda
      Brenda  •  Milwaukee, Wisconsin  •  3 months ago
      Are these writers really that stupid? Common sense would clearly state that dog is older than a 4 weeks old and dogs typically don't leave their mothers until about 8 weeks at the earliest....why report something that clearly makes you look like a #$%$
    • Nancy
      Nancy  •  3 months ago
      The puppy in this picture looks way too old to be one month old and it also doesn't look like a cocker spaniel!
    • J
      J  •  3 months ago
      I never get tired of reading about the latest on these two. Now that I know they are 'dog' people, I like them even more.
    • Harley
      Harley  •  3 months ago
      For the love of strawberries - her name is Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge - NOT Kate Middleton! Get it right you lacky "journalists". On topic, the pup is cute!
    • Carol
      Carol  •  St Louis, Missouri  •  3 months ago
      Cute dog
    • Sin K
      Sin K  •  Elmhurst, Illinois  •  3 months ago
      I have had five cocker spaniels and they are a great joy.
    • QueenB1
      QueenB1  •  3 months ago
      My 5 year old nephew found a stray cat; thrown away cat actually. It was scruffy, skinny, and hungry. After about 3 weeks, "Stray" is clean, putting on weight and will not be going hungry. Why isn't the world covering this story??? Didn't I mention my nephew is the prince of our family???? LOL...I think this story is just as interesting as Will and Kate picking their family dog...thank you very much.
    • Tigris
      Tigris  •  Pittsburg, California  •  3 months ago
      I hope they have a royal pooper scooper. But seriously, the puppy is too cute. You can bet that that dog will be living high on the hog. :-)
    • Rufus Rex V
      Rufus Rex V  •  Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  •  3 months ago
      how about a shelter dog?
    • Teresa
      Teresa  •  Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia  •  3 months ago
      too cute for words
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