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For the Love of Dogs fans criticise new host Alison Hammond for 'being scared to stroke the animals' as viewers compare her to late Paul O'Grady

For the Love of Dogs fans slammed new host Alison Hammond for not being a 'good fit' on the show during the latese episode.

Some viewers have been critical of Alison as her debut series airs, and during Tuesday's new episode fans several took to X - formerly Twitter- to suggest the star lacks 'empathy' for the pooches featured. Long-time viewers of the show inevitably compared her to Paul, remarking she has no pets of her own and therefore can't fully put her 'heart' into the stories of the dogs featured. An ITV spokesman told MailOnline: 'The decision to film outside was made by the production team entirely independently of Alison purely on the basis that it was a more appropriate fit for the item and the show and any suggestion otherwise is inaccurate.'

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