A POOCH has been made Guide Dog royalty thanks to his family's esteemed heritage. Golden retriever, Pierre the Heir, was the son of a stud dog who fathered more than 300 guide dog puppies , and has now taken over the important role. The four-year-old pooch has fathered 13 litters and 99 puppies since entering a breeding programme two-and-a-half years ago.

And his elite family lineage has made his puppies a hot topic and the perfect dogs for helping those who are blind. Now Pierre is getting the recognition he deserves just in time for Father's Day . And his family history can be traced back almost as much as the Royal Family's by the looks of it.

The golden retriever is the only son of Trigger, the now retired top stud dog, who was selected to enter the Guide Dogs breeding programme due to his elite family heritage on both sides. Pierre’s granddad and Trigger’s father, Jim, fathered 18 litters, while great-grandfather Windsor fathered 33 litters and a whopping 226 puppies. He comes from a proud lineage of breeding dogs, with Pierre’s mother Sybil coming from a guide dogs organisation called Les Chiens Guides D’aveugles De L’ouest, in Brittany, northwest France – bringing with him a vital diversity of genes into the Guide Dogs breeding pool .

Further back, Pierre’s lineage spans across Europe, as on his mother side he has relatives which can be linked back to championship show dogs from Russia and Sweden . Explaining the breeding programme and partnerships to mar.