A Dalmatian left a breeder stunned after she gave birth to a litter of 18 puppies.
Louise Clement, from Preston, said three-year-old Nellie's pups 'just kept on coming' during a 14-hour labour last month.
Louise Clement, from Preston, said three-year-old Nellie's pups 'just kept on coming' during a 14-hour labour last month.
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The final litter of 10 males and eight females was double the dimensions of the typical litter for a primary time mum and Louise said she was 'immensely proud' of Nellie.
The 46-year-old said: "She had an excellent natural labour, but they only kept on coming
"I thought she'd stopped after number 15, because it seemed like she had laid right down to attend sleep. on the other hand along came another one, and two more then .
"Nellie is making a very lovely mum. I'm immensely pleased with her, she's been amazing."
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Louise has been breeding dalmatians for 30 years now and currently has 27 dogs running round her place - and as 101 Dalmatians has taught us, having a load of dogs darting about are often quite chaotic.
Louise said: "Fortunately, we've tons of out of doors space and therefore the dogs have many things to play with.
"They've got their own playhouse , and swings and slides that they like to play on. Some sleep within the kitchen, some sleep within the utility room, and a few sleep within the front room . a few occasionally join me in bed."
She added that she is going to keep just one of the pups, with the remainder getting to new owners.
But while Nellie has clearly done an excellent job, she was one puppy shy of a record-breaking dalmatian litter born in Australia last year.
Breeder Melissa O'Brien said her dog, Melody, gained 15 kilograms during her pregnancy, so she knew it might be an enormous litter - but she didn't realise quite how big it might be. They were born by C-section, and chatting with local reporters, Melissa said it had been sort of a 'never-ending supply'.
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A team of eight people helped O'Brien and Melody deliver the puppies, which all came out white, rather than spotted like their mother. The puppies develop their spots as they grow old - as Cruella de Vil famously acknowledged .
Assisting within the delivery was vet Chris Wolmarans. chatting with 9 News, he said: "We knew this was big... Everybody had a puppy they were resuscitating, and cleaning, and handling .
"It's an image because they're just white, and you think that what's gone wrong here... But the spots actually only begin , sort of, the week later."
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