Shamed breeder quits kennels after dog savages sheep

Aug 10 2008 By Steve Dinneen

A BANNED wolf-dog breeder has fled her farm leaving 18 pups for dead.

Nadia Carlyle quit the kennels after being exposed by the Sunday Mail for trying to sell her specially-bred animals for £600 each.

Her sudden departure also came after she was accused by a farmer of letting a fullygrown Utonagan husky-cross - a rare dog bred to look like a wolf - escape to savage a prize sheep worth £5000.

The incident was reported to police but no charges were brought.

Carlyle left Hillbank Kennels, near Hurlford, Ayrshire, last Tuesday leaving a note which said: "Please look after the dogs".

A neighbour who found the dogs said: "This is absolutely outrageous. These pups are in a terrible condition.

"There are 18 puppies to feed and groom and clean up after.

"I can't explain how angry I am - she's done a runner and I'm left to clean up the s***, literally."

John Young, 69, who owns Skerrington Mains farm where the sheep was killed, believes the wolf-dog - which ran off after the attack - is still a massive risk to livestock.

He said: "It completely savaged the sheep. If I'd hadmy gun I'd have shot it on the spot.

"Once they get a taste of blood they'll always attack again. It's just a matter of time."

Disgraced Carlyle had been banned from selling dogs after being found guilty of four charges of animal cruelty.

At her trial in Gloucestershire, a judge said the living conditions of her dogs were "indefensible".

But last week she offered to sell an undercover Sunday Mail reporter a Utonagan puppy for £600.

After moving to Scotland to carry out her vile trade she changed her name to Paige Summers - a porn star who died of a drugs overdose in 1993.

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