Ripa's new dog, a Maltese/Shih Tzu mix named Lena, joins her other rescue pooch Chewie Kelli Bender is the Pets Editor at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2013. Her work has previously ...

She was taken to a rescue centre in Cornwall where vets attempted ... Rhu has had a DNA test which found she was 83% shih-tzu, 12% chihuahua, 3% pekingese and 2% lhasa apso.

In January 2023 Rhu, a shih-tzu who had lost an eye due to a previous neglect ... The look in her one remaining eye meant Laurine simply had to rescue her. "I first saw Rhu in a facebook post by the ...