Kelvin Fletcher and wife Liz received an outpouring of support from fans after announcing the news of their new arrival
Emmerdale’s Kelvin Fletcher and his wife, Liz, have been inundated with messages of support from followers after sharing an important announcement from their farm. The pair live on a 120-acre property with their four young children, and supporters regularly catch glimpses of their hectic lifestyle as cameras follow their farming adventures on their hit ITV programme Fletcher’s Family Farm.
Viewers of the programme have watched Kelvin, who previously portrayed farmer Andy Sugden in Emmerdale, take on farming responsibilities alongside Liz. During a recent instalment broadcast on Sunday, they revealed that their cherished dog, Ginger, had given birth to three puppies.
The household initially learnt that Ginger was expecting after she was rescued before Christmas last year, having initially thought she was simply larger. At the time, Liz described learning about the pregnancy as “the best news,” with vet Hugo confirming the pups through a scan, reports the Manchester Evening News.
Ginger has now delivered the puppies, and Liz shared the joyful announcement with supporters. Posting a clip from the programme to the Fletcher Farm Instagram account, Liz confessed: “We’ve had a long night.”
She then elaborated: “Ginger started showing signs of labour, she was just panting and panting for hours and hours and hours. Then, she was just circulating the room, like, so restless.”
“She didn’t know what to do with herself. So I slept on the sofa. She’s made a little bed in this box, so I slept here next to her, and about 5 o’clock this morning, she finally delivered the first pup, and she was amazing. It was fascinating to see.”
Whilst cradling one of the newborn pups, Liz said, “Aww, is that just the cutest thing?” The camera then swept across to Ginger nursing her puppies as Liz continued: “This one’s a big lad. What are you…? Boy. They’re all so different. Aww, you want to be warm, don’t you, with your mum? There you go.”
As anticipated, the comment section was awash with heartwarming messages from fans, including one that read: “Omg I can’t cope to cute @liz_fletcher83.”
Another wrote: “I just love this programme and watching your family and farm grow!! Watching Ginger with her baby pups made me cry and smile… She is just adorable, and well done, Ginger.”
A third said, “What a lovely feeling bringing your puppies into the world.” Another echoed: “Just beautiful.” Meanwhile, one fan added: “Well done, Ginger, you are going to be an amazing mummy.”
This comes as Kelvin and Liz recently revealed their aspirations for their children to eventually inherit the farm. During Sunday’s episode, Liz expressed her vision for the future and how vital it is to her that their children be engaged with the farm.
She said: “Having the kids involved and helping just makes it special, because they’ll one day, hopefully, take over, and me and Kelvin can be in the Bahamas.”
“So I’m hoping that the kids are doing all this, and we’re just sitting back, and they’re sending us money,” she laughed. Kelvin chimed in, “You know what I would actually love, let’s say in, I don’t know, 20 years from now, that I’m just kind of the farm handyman, the farm labourer, and that the kids are running a big farming enterprise. ”
“Yeah, do you think you’ll let go, though?” Liz asked. “Do you think you’ll let go of that control? Because, knowing you, I can’t imagine it.” Kelvin reflected, “I think that’s probably the hardest thing for most farming families to let go.” Liz joked, “I won’t. I’ll be on a cruise. I’m doing my shift, and then I’m enjoying the rest of it.”
