Pregnant chihuahua has enormous belly, shocks everyone when she delivers 10 puppies

by pawbuzz on in Dogs 104

If you haven’t experienced the pain of childbirth, it’s likely that you’ve heard all about it.

So consider Chihuahua Coco’s ordeal when she unexpectedly delivered 10 puppies in her home in Carlisle, Cumbria.

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Coco’s delivery made headlines all around the world as she broke the Guinness Book of Records for the most puppies ever birthed by a chihuahua.

Her owners Dawn and Bill Slater were initially expecting 5 puppies. They knew even that would be a challenge considering her size.

Coco’s pup entered the world as the size of mice and the smallest weighed just 70 grams.

Once the 5 pups were settled, Coco’s owners began making them warm and comfortable. But then, more started coming.

‘When we got to the ninth pup he wasn’t well, his bag had burst and we were trying to revive him. ‘We thought to ourselves, this is just impossible, when on earth is it going to stop, when the tenth came out.’ said Dawn.

The Slaters have four chihuahuas, Benji, Bambi, Princess, nd Coco. They decided to mate Coco with Benji. Much to their surprise, two days after Coco had her pups, Bambi gave birth to three of her own.

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Their family house is currently home to 17 chihuahuas, a collie-terrier cross, two cats, four adults, a teenager and a 7-week-old baby.

Having such a big household has meant that everyone has pitched in to help the new mothers. ‘We have all been taking turns staying up with them then sleeping throughout the day,’ said Dawn. ‘Coco has only got eight teats so we have been having to take the bigger ones off to let the smaller ones on.’

The tiny pups will all have to find loving homes of their own soon, but for now, they are enjoying their time living together as one great big family.

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Source: Daily Mail



104 thoughts on “Pregnant chihuahua has enormous belly, shocks everyone when she delivers 10 puppies”

  3. Jo Ann Pullin

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    This was exactly like my doggie, she had 10 also. Question- why, all surprises here in comments. Same for me, her mom only had 2′ so we mated her our little 5 lb. male. The vet and I nearly fainted when he said – 10′, all were fine. And we did have her fixed.

  31. Shirley Watts

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    Stop already. She doesn’t need any more babies. Get her spayed. Shame on you people. There’s enough babies out there you can pick up at a shelter for heaven sakes do you have to keep breeding is it just for the money. Shame on you.

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