Mum-of-22 Sue Radford reveals secret cliques that exist in the family – but it’s NOT the kids she’s talking about
SUE Radford has revealed that her mega-family has its own cliques… but it’s not the kids forming them.
According to the mum-of-22, the family’s seven dogs have formed their own mini packs.
The Radford family rose to fame thanks to their reality TV series 22 Kids and Counting, which documented their daily lives.
Their dogs live with them at their ten-bedroom home in Lancashire’s coastal town of Morecambe.
Parents Sue and Noel have been raising their children and dogs for over 30 years.
Their pooches are border collie Lola, French bulldogs Bluebell, Ivy and Mabel, and miniature dachshunds Cookie, Minnie and Dolly.
“They’re all bonkers,” Sue, 47, joked in a YouTube Q&A.
She went on to reveal that their four-legged family members have even formed their own cliques because there’s so many of them.
“Lola’s the calm one,” Sue explained. “She doesn’t tend to socialise with the other dogs, she just likes doing her own thing.
“Whereas the Frenchies, they all kind of hang out together and the dachshunds hang out together.
“It’s really weird.”
Noel, 52, added that sometimes when he looks out in the garden “they’re all chasing each other round”, though.
“The dachshunds are funny because Cookie and Minnie like to give the other dogs kisses,” Sue said.
Cookie the dachshund particularly likes going up to Mabel the Frenchie and putting her paws round her face to kiss her.
The seven pooches live with the Radford Family in a former care home, which Sue and Noel bought for £240,000 back in 2004.
Although the family have spent thousands renovating their mansion, they are looking to get a sparkly new pad for their youngest children and dogs to live in.
They were initially looking for a plot of land to build their dream home on, but have now found a house to live in instead.
An offer has already been accepted on the new pad too, according to Noel.
“It’s the house that we’ve sort of been dreaming of for years and years,” he revealed.
“It’s got a nice big garden all around it, there’s enough land for what we want.”