Meet the dog-loving woman who spends £20k a year looking after her 30 pet PUGS. Becca Drake, 40, of Sandbach, Cheshire, has dedicated her life to caring for her pet pooches and insists that her pugs are worth every penny and more. After being gifted her first pug puppy from her parents Barrie, 68 and Merle, 72, on her 30th Birthday, Becca instantly fell in love with the popular flat-faced breed. Now Becca shares her two bedroom modest home with 30 adorable mutts, which she has rescued and bred over the past 10 years.
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