This dog adopted 9 orphan ducklings and it’s the only story you need today
Drop everything else and take a moment to appreciate Fred, the 10-year-old Labrador who has done the decent thing and adopted 9 orphan ducklings.
Who’s a good boy then?
And here he is in action at Mountfitchet Castle in Essex.
this is a very good boy pic.twitter.com/SMMQH2AAXO
— Alan White (@aljwhite) May 22, 2018
a very very good boy pic.twitter.com/GgwpdvsPtM
— Alan White (@aljwhite) May 22, 2018
Here’s how the good people of Buzzfeed reported the story today.
Staff said they were concerned to find the ducklings waddling around on their own, and their mother was nowhere to be seen… whereupon Fred stepped in.
In a statement, the castle said: “The ducklings absolutely adore him and he has now resigned himself to being a stay at home dad looking after the 9 baby ducklings. They are getting very mischievous even hitching a ride on his back and following him in to the water for a swim in the castle moat.”
And here’s what people were making of the story online.
This is just so adorable ❤️
— Kirsty Gallacher (@TheRealKirstyG) May 22, 2018
Fred has his ducks in a row
— Kevin Clover (@cloverka) May 22, 2018
if imprinting works the way we think it works, those ducks are going to be very good at fetching the stick.
— Angry Moderate 2020 (@PaulWartenberg) May 22, 2018
And just in case you were wondering …
‘Adopted’ ducklings expected to stay at Mountfitchet Castle, Essex until they’re old enough to leave https://t.co/NVpPHi4t2r pic.twitter.com/xpAcJjtuYb
— BBC Essex (@BBCEssex) May 21, 2018
