Pebbles the Dalmatian 'weak but healthy' after giving birth to a litter of FIFTEEN puppies

Daily Mail ^ | December 19, 2011 | Rebecca Seales

[algernonpj]

t's not quite 101 Dalmatians. But when two-year-old Pebbles gave birth to 15 tiny puppies, she and her owners found their paws were more than full.

The litter is more than twice the average size for a Dalmatian, and the trials of motherhood initially took their toll.

Owner Kay Sullivan, 45, said: 'We had to care for [the puppies] for two days because Pebbles was not very well. ...

[algernonpj]

Unusual for all puppies to survive in a litter this large.

Mom must have gotten LOTS of help.

Having bottle fed a kitten I got at 4 weeks, not weaned, I can't imagine how much work 15 new puppies were.

[Abathar]

But is its face colored the right way though?

[5thGenTexan]

Bam-Bam is a STUD! (Please tell me the sire is named Bam-Bam... :-) )

[thulldud]

It was she, in fact, who was the 100 and first dalmation.

Actually, the 101st Dalmatian was Prince, not Perdita.

[moose07]

Soppy melt down in 3…2…too late!

[knittnmom]

Aw! gotta be the cutest post of the day!

[Altariel]

Don't let Cruella DeVille know.

[freekitty]

Me either.

[left that other site]

LOL! Another trekkie? hahaha

[Some Fat Guy in L.A.]

When I was a kid we had a dog that had 15 puppies at once - she was a small dog (mutt) and they were killing her, so my dad put half of them in a garbage bag and stuck it on the tailpipe of the car until the bag stopped moving. I guess he would go to prison for that today.....

[brytlea]

Biggest litter I ever had was 11. So much work, but mostly as they got older and had to be carried outside several times a day to facilitate potty training. Fortunately Moms always were able to do their part without help. I’ve had friends who have lost bitches before tho and had to hand raise litters. It is brutal.

[BigEdLB]

Emma had 3 litters of nine, before we spayed her... the last two with Goofy Rufie... Lots of work... But a slobbery puppy is worth the effort...

[brytlea]

Best litter size, in my opinion, is 7. Enough, but not too many. I had a singleton once, and they end up fat and spoiled. :)

[BigEdLB]

9 wasn’t so bad but, the first litter had a black sire with a champion bloodline, but... eight boys one girl ... hard to tell apart...

[brytlea]

With goldens they are always difficult to tell apart. I always put different colored ribbons on them at birth and keep notes. Funny, I often recall puppies by ribbon colors years later, and they are still Yellow Girl or Blue Boy to me. :) (and for some reason Yellow Girls are usually naughty! LOL)