Pregnant Dog Has Secret In Giant Belly Leaving Everyone In Shock When Time To Deliver

Mar 26, 2019 by apost team

Giving birth is one of the most natural and amazing processes on Earth. No matter what species decides to have babies, it’s always a miracle and a beautiful thing that shouldn’t be taken for granted. However, one pregnant Great Dane got more than she bargained for when it came time to give birth to her litter of puppies.

CBS Local News reported that the dog named Cleo lives with her owners in Arizona and after a long and healthy pregnancy, it was time for her puppies to finally be born!

Cleo needed the help of some veterinarians to get her puppies out, so her owners took her to the nearby Kingman Animal Hospital so that she could undergo a C-section. Little did her owners know what amazing surprise their dog was hiding!

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Many breeds of dog are known for their amazingly large litter sizes. Having a lot of puppies can be hard to handle, but most mama dogs always manage to raise all of their puppies happily with no complaints. Under typical circumstances, Great Danes normally have around only around 8-10 puppies.

However, in some rare cases, the breed has even more puppies, sometimes up to the high teens!

That's a lot of children to raise! So you can imagine the shock that her owners went through when they found out that Cleo was actually having 19 babies! Thankfully, the veterinarians were there to help her through the birthing process. Although Great Danes are known for their strength, with 19 babies to give birth to, Cleo was more than thrilled to have some assistance with the process.

In total, Cleo had seven technicians and a surgeon working to help her give birth to her large litter! Once the puppies were all successfully taken out of her belly, they were cleaned and dried off so that the mother could see them for the first time.

The staff posted about the birth on their Facebook page, and it was soon filled with well-wishes for the mother dog and her puppies. Although it was no doubt overwhelming to have so many puppies, everything went well and the mother and her babies are healthy and happy.

We have no doubts that Cleo will be a great mother to her large litter. What do you think about this story? Have you ever heard of a dog having this many puppies? Let us know in the comments and pass this along to your friends and family to brighten their day!