Dalmatian expecting three puppies gives birth to a whopping world record litter of 18

 

A DALMATIAN expecting three puppies has given birth to a world record litter of 18.

Three-year-old Miley surprised her owners with the 12 female and six male pups after 13 hours of labour.

Breeder Cecilia Langton-Bunker, left, said: “We realised when the last one was born we had something amazing.

Cecilia, 43, who runs CC Dalmatians, said: "Initially the vet said there was going to be three, but I knew there would be more than that and thought there would be 15 or 16.

"Normally Dalmatians have eight to 10 puppies and first-time mums usually have less.

“In the 101 Dalmatians movie Pongo and Perdita had 15 puppies, so we have beaten them.”

Seven veterinary nurses were needed to look after the monster litter in Ballarat, Australia.

Mum Miley, whose pedigree name is Sarasota From Russia With Love, and dad Astro Wonder Boy, known as Astro, had never had puppies before.

Their humongous litter was coincidentally born on May 18 after a 13 and a half hour labour which began at 7am and ended at 8.30pm.

The pups were born at an approximate rate of one an hour apart from one which kept the expectant parents waiting for two hours.