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FEATURE - Jetzt schlägts aber 13: Labradorhündin bringt 13 Welpen zur Welt
A Labrador has given birth to 13 "absolutely gorgeous" puppies - which could be one of the breed’s largest ever litters. See NATIONAL story NNlab. A lovely Labrador delighted her family by giving birth to a whopping 13 puppies - one of the largest ever litters.Crufts champion descendant Beau had an ultrasound five weeks into her pregnancy with vets expecting just five or six puppies - not the baker's dozen they ended up with.Her owners had no idea the brood would reach double figures, just two shy of what is thought to be the record set by a black Labrador which gave birth to 15 puppies in 2014.The puppies started "flying out" when the first-time mum went into early labour last month after creeping under her owner's sheets. Dog breeder Leah Barrett delivered the litter with her sister Alice, as astonished dad Nick phoned his pals.The 32-year-old, of Allhallows, Kent, said: “The vet told us it would take about an hour for each puppy to be born. "We thought there could be up to eight, so roughly calculated an eight hour labour. But after seven were born in just forty minutes, we were all absolutely gobsmacked. They were just flying out.”Leah, who’s agoraphobia keeps her stuck at home, added: “My dad was so shocked he called his friends. “He told them, ‘oh my god, there’s nine, now there’s ten,’ and so on until the 13th arrived.“He was the one supposed to be helping me, but he was just too excited.”The birth was not without drama as one of the puppies became trapped in the birth canal by Beau’s placenta which had come loose.Leah, who did her homework before the delivery, said: “She was there for 40 minutes. By the time we got her out she wasn’t breathing or moving. “We were all panicking, we thought we had lost her.“It took about ten to 15 minutes to get her breathing.“I used suction equipment to suck all the fluid out of her lungs.”“It’s a good job I’d done my reading on the subject, or she woul *** Local Caption *** 30357215
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