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Poodle dog tired after 16-puppy litter


Published: March 27, 2008 at 6:15 PM
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CHILLIWACK, British Columbia, March 27 (UPI) -- A standard poodle in Chilliwack, British Columbia, had an anything-but-standard litter of puppies, delivering a record 16 little pups.

Charlie, named after the popular TV show "Charlie's Angels," began the birthing process March 17 around dinner time and didn't finish until the afternoon of March 18, The Province newspaper in Vancouver reported.

"I was up for 23 hours straight," said Charlie's owner, Deborah Bridgman, a dog breeder and pet shop owner in Chilliwack.

The births of the 10 female and six male pups began on St. Patrick's Day.

"There was lots of green fluid, and that's typical in birthing," Bridgman said. "I could've done with a green beer halfway through it, I tell you."

Canadian Kennel Club spokesman Andrew Patton confirmed that 16 puppies is a Canadian record for poodles, eclipsing the previous record of 14 set in 2005.

Bridgman said she thinks Charlie also set a world record for standard poodles, but she is awaiting confirmation from the Guinness World Records.

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