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Bulldog Pops Out 21 Pups

One dog…21 puppies.

It took over 20 hours for an American Bulldog named Daisy Mae to deliver her 21 pups (unfortunately, four of them died during delivery).

With so many puppies to feed, Daisy’s family decided to bottle feed some of the little ones soon after she delivered them.

Six weeks later, the pups are healthy and ready to be adopted.

One of Daisy’s owners said: “We wanted to breed her and have a litter of puppies, but I didn’t expect to have this many.”

After this super-sized litter, the family has decided to retire Daisy Mae from breeding.

Source: Associated Press

K9 Commentary:

Dustin says: Anyone else see the irony in the “We wanted a litter of puppies but didn’t expect to have this many” line?

Please people, this is why we SHOULD NOT breed our dogs!

8 Comments

  1. #1
    Cindy V Says:

    NOT to mention that American Bulldogs have very difficult births and almost always needs c-sections to complete them due to their large heads. Good job looking out for your beloved dog, owners. And the words “I want to breed my dog” just make me cringe…why doesn’t people just go around and say, “I want to breed my kids,” then?

  2. #2
    LeeAnn Says:

    Hahaha yeah that would be interesting to hear.

  3. #3
    Cindy Says:

    Because you can’t give away or sell kids as easily/legally. But dang, that’s a lot of pups!

  4. #4
    LeeAnn Says:

    I’m sure there are parents who would like to sell or give away their kid/kids if they could. I actually heard of a hispanic guy who sold his underage daughter for marriage and all he wanted was beer and some other drinks and a few other things. It was on the news a year ago or so I think. CrazY!

  5. #5
    Cindy V Says:

    Well, I guess the moral of the story is we shouldn’t sell pets just like we shouldn’t sell kids! :)

  6. #6
    Jade Says:

    Actually, American Bulldogs DO NOT typically require C-Sections. It is the English Bulldogs who need C-sections. American Bulldogs actually have a fairly easy time delivering. These are marvelous dogs. Although breeding is not always a wise choice, it is a choice and believe it or not, all of those pups already have homes.

  7. #7
    Dustin Says:

    It’s no surprise that all the dogs already have homes…it was national news! That’s pretty good exposure for pups in need of a home. The part that upsets ME is that while breeding IS a choice, every time another puppy is born, that’s ONE more person that won’t be adopting a dog from a shelter.

    Breeding may be a choice, but for a huge number of shelters across the country, euthanizing homeless dogs due to lack of space is NOT a choice…it’s a horrible, but necessary decision that has to be made…many of THESE dogs are also marvelous.

  8. #8
    Cindy V Says:

    Yes, apologies, I meant the English Bulldog. I didn’t realize they story was referring to American Bulldogs.

    And DITTO, to Dustin’s comment.

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Date: November 9th, 2009
Time: 12:56 am
Posted in Watchdog News
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