Dog Has Record Litter Of 24 Puppies (With Pics! Awwww)

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[Rodney King]

A Neapolitan mastiff in Manea, United Kingdom, has broken a world record by giving birth to a litter of 24 mastiff puppies, according to a report.

Breeders Damian Ward and his girlfriend, Anne Kellegher, had only been expecting their two-year-old mastiff, Tia, to give birth to a maximum of 10 puppies after a scan from a local veterinarian.

When Tia grew so large she could barely move, the couple took the dog to the vets, who decided that an immediate caesarean was vital. Two hours later, Tia had given birth to the record 24 puppies.

Four of the puppies were too weak and died but the remaining 20 are thriving.

All but three of the pups are up for sale. They are worth more than $1,800 each.

Tia's achievement is now likely to set two records in the Guinness World Records -- the biggest litter and that of the most surviving puppies.

A Guinness World Records spokesman said the current record stands at 23.

Watch Local 6 News for more on this story.

[ellery]

Nope, definitely making these dogs more rare is not the answer. Totally agree.

PS: yes, our Rottie was a very nice find -- she's great. I'm thinking of training her as a therapy dog.

[Nataku X]

Cats are the same deal, it's just that fewer people have experienced a purebred cat. Cats aren't "just" scratchy grumpy things any more than dogs are "just" yippy chewing things. Behavior is influenced by genetics to a very, very large degree, and purebred cats have very specific behavorial traits just as purebred dogs do!

You want to find someone to be upset at, be upset at my friend whose cats keep having babies and she thinks it's all cute and has no plans to spay them. (And, no, she didn't breed them, these cats got pregnant wandering out in the neighborhood.)

In the end, the cost that I paid for my purebred cats was nothing compared to the costs for their foods, vet appointments, etc! I got them because I specifically wanted their respective breeds' TRAITS.

[Ditter]

I hope this poor female is allowed to retire now.

[HairOfTheDog]

Who keeps a ping list for imposter "i'm involved in this story" trolls?Anyone? Anyone? :~D

[Howlin]

hellinahandcart

[HairOfTheDog]

Thanks! I was drawin' a blank and we've got a live one here... ;~D

[AnAmericanMother]

DevilAnse and/or hellinahandcart were keeping the list at one time.

This one isn't even a very good troll.

[AnAmericanMother]

Looks like Admin-Mod-Trollsbane took care of that little infestation even as we spoke.

[HairOfTheDog]

Language is foul, grammar is poor, argument juvenile...

Seems like a pretty normal troll to me ;~D

[HairOfTheDog]

Heh - along with all the evidence...

AM - they're gonna think I made the whole thing up! ;~D

[Darksheare]

Hellinahandcart kept the pinglist about insider fraud trolls last I knew.

[Darksheare]

Insider fraud troll.
I'm surprised you didn't sign up yesterday on the Sherry Enema Death thread claiming to be the guy's daughter.

[AnAmericanMother]

Dumb troll didn't even notice that in the original news article the breeders were identified as living in England.

Or wasn't smart enough to avoid American idioms . . .

[trisham]

Wow! What beautiful cats!

[Darksheare]

You can still view the troll's comments by copying the shortcut to the post above or below the deleted post and substitute the deleted post's number.
Like this:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1325343/reply?c=125
Change to:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1325343/reply?c=124

And you can see 124.

[trussell]

You're right...I just ping Hellinahandcart if I come across any insider frauds...

[Darksheare]

Okers.
Thanks!

[HairOfTheDog]

very cool to know DS!