NSW breeder sets new world record with 19 Dalmatian puppies born in one litter
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">A NSW dalmatian breeder has set a new world record with 19 puppies being born in one litter.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Melissa O’Brien was relieved that all 19 puppies survived.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">She told </span><a href="https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/6297245/dalmatian-litter-breaks-world-record/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Canberra Times</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> about the ordeal.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Records aside it is pretty incredible all of them are alive, we had to supplement and bottle feed a few for a while to help mum out," she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"But they are six weeks old now and getting their own little personalities."</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr">An Albury breeder has broken the world record for the largest Dalmatian litter - 19 puppies! 🐶🐶🐶🐶 <a href="https://twitter.com/bordermail?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bordermail</a> <a href="https://t.co/V9t4DhcJEW">pic.twitter.com/V9t4DhcJEW</a></p>
— Vivienne Jones (@_VivienneJones) <a href="https://twitter.com/_VivienneJones/status/1155325046547595264?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">28 July 2019</a></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">O’Brien said that despite her dalmatians normally breeding big litters, this was by far the largest.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I normally have big litters, they run in bloodlines, but this is easily the biggest," Ms O'Brien said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"They were born by C-section which I had already elected simply because of the amount of weight she had put on - she gained 15 kilograms.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Her water broke and we had to pretty much take her straight in because if we had waited a few more hours we would have had dead puppies."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With the amount of puppies, you’d forgive O’Brien for getting them mixed up sometimes, but she says she can almost tell them all apart. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"They are all named after Disney movies and they all have distinctive marks and colourings so we do keep track of them," she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Livers, or the brown coloured puppies, seem to be harder to sell because everyone sees the movie and wants a black and white one but I prefer the liver ones as I find them softer in nature.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I have had Dalmatians for about 13 years but have been breeding and showing them for just about 10 years."</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">ABC Goulburn Murray reported about the incident via their Facebook page.</span></p>
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<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">There were reportedly eight people there to help the vet deliver the puppies.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">However, O’Brien says that this is the last of the litters for both mum and dad.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"Melody is three and a half and Lukas is seven so this will be both their last litters," she said.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"It is definitely the first and last for Melody, I had already decided to get her desexed before she had the puppies.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"The temperaments are bomb-proof. They have to deal with my two-year-old so they are very used to small children and human interaction.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">"I am going to keep one boy but I haven't decided on which one yet."</span></p>
