As a general rule, the larger the dog, the more puppies in a litter. The average litter size for a toy Poodle is three and for a standard Poodle is seven.
However a standard Poodle from British Columbia named Charlie set a new whelping record for the breed, sixteen puppies!!
Charlie’s owner, Deborah Bridgman, a dog breeder and pet shop owner, was up for 23 hours straight helping to deliver the puppies, ten females and six males.
Charlie is named for Charlie’s Angels and her mate, Magnum is named for…well, that P.I. guy. Ms. Bridgman had not planned to breed them but "Magnum broke through two fences to get at her." Trying to keep an intact dog away from a bitch in heat is doomsday for any structure standing between them.
The largest litter of puppies ever, according to Guinness World Records is 24 by Tia, a Neopolitan Mastiff, owned by Damian Ward and Anne Kellegher of Manea, Cambridgeshire, UK.
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I wondered about that. It seems that larger dogs have more pups, as you say, but smaller dogs live longer, a little bit.
Posted by: Tom & Icy | July 19, 2008 at 09:25 AM
i just hope all of those puppies live. sometimes in a large litter like that they can be too small to survive.
i've also got to wonder why the dogs were intact if they didn't intend to breed them. why not get them neutered/spayed and avoid the temptation?
Posted by: schnoodlepooh | July 19, 2008 at 11:43 AM
Yeah, that makes me mad when people say they didn't intend for their dog to get pregnant. So irresponsible.
Posted by: Lindsay | July 19, 2008 at 12:44 PM
So Magnum is named for the P.I. guy. For some odd reason, an image of Tom Selleck playing a gay guy in that move In & Out came to mind. I think we can put to rest any image of this Magnum being gay. He's a masculine beast!
Posted by: Big_Dave_T | July 19, 2008 at 01:07 PM
oh crap i bet that hurt
Posted by: jackiesue | July 19, 2008 at 01:26 PM
Damm..Does Charlie have enough teats to go around?
Sorry..It's the first thing I thought of.
Posted by: Sling | July 19, 2008 at 02:30 PM
that's going to be one tired mama.
Posted by: lola smiles | July 19, 2008 at 05:52 PM
WOAH!! That a HUGE litter! That poor gal must have been absolutely exhausted.
Posted by: Saint Lover | July 19, 2008 at 07:37 PM
Oh my goodness.. here's hoping all the pups do well.
Posted by: Coll | July 21, 2008 at 10:25 AM
Congrats to Charlie & Magnum. They deserve a couple of T-bones! On second thought, Charlie deserves two.
Posted by: cube | July 21, 2008 at 01:13 PM
When I was a kid my next door neighbor's dalmatian had 12 puppies in a litter. Sadly, only 5 survived. My neighbor's decided to never breed her again (too traumatic) and had her spayed.
Posted by: Laura | July 21, 2008 at 05:58 PM
Wow@ The most we've had is 15....14 survived!
Posted by: Std.Poodle Breeder | August 01, 2008 at 05:22 PM
I am new to this blog business but I just wondered if any of you are into showing your dogs or having them shown for you? thanx suzi
Posted by: suzanne tovey | October 03, 2008 at 04:36 PM
Anyone heard of an all male litter? My dog only had 7 pups, but all were male!
Posted by: Kathryn | November 21, 2008 at 07:53 PM
On March 27, 2009. My standard poodle (female) and golden retriever(male) ...."Goldendoodle"
Had 16 live puppies. Whelping started about noon and she had her last puppy at 6:30 pm.
The puppies are beautiful!!
Posted by: Goldendoodle Lover | April 09, 2009 at 11:10 PM
w0w
Posted by: jhonny | September 24, 2009 at 11:00 AM
How about a miniature poodle with 6 puppies ALL FEMALE
Posted by: Dave | December 05, 2011 at 04:19 PM
My female toy poodle just had 8 puppies dec 4, its amazing how fast they are growing,
Posted by: Angela Guy | December 31, 2011 at 04:27 PM