Over the next couple of week, the DSPCA will have 60 puppies looking for new homes from its centre in Rathfarnham.
There are a wide selection of puppy types including lurchers, golden and black Labrador type pups, Jack Russel type and springers.
In addition, 7 pups were born in shelter on Monday evening from a female lurcher who came in as a stray. Mum, named Heidi by staff is doing well and her puppies have been named Hilda, Hugo, Hal, Holly, Hannah, Henry and Harry.
The DSPCA are looking for a foster home for this mum and pups but the pups will be looking for homes in the New Year.
Many of the puppies taken in to the DSPCA come as part of cruelty cases, were found abandoned, sick or injured or were surrendered by owners who could not afford to microchip them.
The DSPCA's Brian Gillen said the group wants to remind people that "under the Animal Health and Welfare Act 2013 all pups born in Ireland after 1st September 2015 are legally required to be microchipped and registered on an approved database."
"At the DSPCA, each potential new owner is interviewed and a home check is carried before an adoption is approved. Each puppy is microchipped, vaccinated, wormed, de-flead and post adoption neutering by our vets is included", he added.
You can find more about how to adopt or foster a puppy at the DSPCA here.
