24 English Mastiff Pups!!!!!!!!

  Dog's 24-strong litter 'a record' 
 
Each pup is thought to be worth about £1,000 each 
A mastiff dog is set to break a world record after giving birth to a litter of 24 puppies.
Breeders Damian Ward and his girlfriend Anne Kellegher, from Manea, Cambs, had only been expecting two-year-old Tia to give birth to 10.

Unfortunately, four of the pups have now died, but the remaining pups - which are now seven weeks old - are thought to be worth about £1,000 each.

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


Mr Ward said: "She certainly surprised us. When she went in for the caesarean I thought we would lose her and the pups. 
Tia was bred with Caesar, who belongs to Ms Kellegher's sister

"I was in shock for about two weeks. I was just a feeding robot."

When fully grown the dogs will stand more than 2ft tall and weigh up to 13 stones.

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

Guinness World Records spokesman Sam Knight said: "The current record is 23 so we will be making contact with the owners.

"If it is true that the dog has given birth to 24 puppies than it will be a new world record."



     







 

 

In the words of frank barone "Holy Crap!" 

that is sad that some died, but 20 pups is ALOT TO HANDLE!!! i could hardly handle 2! what type of Mastiff were they again? English? tebetan (my spelling sucks)? Neopolatan (my former comment still stands!)? they look adorable, but pics do no justice, and i don't exactly consider myself a mastiff expert!

I think the're gonna need a bigger house.

Leah

Erm... those are NOT English Mastiff puppies! They're definitely Neapolitan Mastiffs judging from the colour.

Still, 24 with 20 live ones - They're going to need £1000 a pup to put right the havoc and damage 20 huge puppies are going to cause by the time they are ready to go to new homes. I can't even imagie the food bill.

my stars
i thought 13 was a lot! guyrk is right on "Boy all the dog poop to clean up; no thank you"
they are rather adorable though

  i have had quite a few people ask me about these pups i was told they were english mastiff but now i m not sure what do you think?

    Thank you ! Those pic's of them are even cutier

  yea what you said i bet your right!!!!