‘Our family has had a new arrival’

The former “American Idol” judge is a dog dad again

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Simon Cowell’s family is growing!

The English television personality, 64, is a dog dad again!

“Our family has a new arrival…her name is Pebbles,” he captioned an Instagram carousel on Thursday. In the two-photo upload, the cover photo shows Cowell holding a beautiful puppy in his arms.

Sitting at a table, they hold the dog and both pull their faces close to each other as if giving each other a sweet kiss.

The first is in the second photo American Idol The judge nestles his face in Pebbles’ ear as he laughs. Cowell did not reveal the dog’s breed.

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Cowell has previously had four puppies, including Yorkshire terriers Squiddly and Diddly. After Cowell’s mother passed away in 2016, he also began caring for her dog Freddy and later adopted a fourth dog, Daisy, in 2018.

In August, during the shooting for America has talent During the live season 17 semifinals at the Sheraton Pasadena Hotel, Cowell walked the red carpet with his little new puppy, Odin.

He posed for photos on the red carpet with the pup, who appeared to be a Pomsky.

In addition to having puppies as pets, Cowell also has a history of animal activism, specifically for dogs.

The London-born talent donated just over $36,000 to Humane Society International in October 2018 to save 200 dogs – including poodles, Labs and collies – from a “deplorable and depressing” existence.

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The canines were trapped at a dog meat farm in Gyeonggi-do, South Korea.

“His support helped financially, but also in raising awareness. We met people in South Korea who had heard about his donation and it really had an impact,” Wendy Higgins, HSI’s Director of International Media, told PEOPLE at the time of Cowell’s “tremendously” helpful gift.

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In July 2020, Cowell had an emotional reunion with one of the dogs he had previously helped rescue from the South Korean dog meat farm.

The sweet moment aired during ITV’s Good morning Great Britain. The show’s news correspondent Philippa Tomson eventually adopted the pup, a Maltese mix named Robin.

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