It can be hard on parents when their kids leave home. So we created the Pedigree Child Replacement Programme –a service that pairs abandoned dogs with abandoned parents.

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MVO:

When your son leaves home, you might get ‘Dribble Cry’

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MVO:

It’s a cry so sorrowful that as well as weeping from your eyes, you weep from your mouth.

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MVO:

Millilitres of misery collecting behind your bottom teeth until eventually…

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MVO:

…spilling over…like a little saliva swat team rappelling out of your mouth and down onto the bathroom tiles.

Man:

Area secure sir, everything looks sad.

MVO:

When your kids leave home avoid the Dribble Cry. Adopt a dog.

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MVO:

Go to replacethem.co.nz. Brought to you by the Pedigree Child Replacement Programme.