19 puppies were born in one litter in Albury and have set a new world record for the largest litter.

An Albury breeder has broken the world record for the largest Dalmatian litter – 19 puppies! 🐶🐶🐶🐶 @bordermail pic.twitter.com/V9t4DhcJEW

— Vivienne Jones (@_VivienneJones) July 28, 2019

Another great thing about this is that the breeder, Melissa O’Brien, said that all the puppies survived and are growing fast.

Melissa said, “Records aside it is pretty incredible all of them are alive, we had to supplement and bottle feed a few for a while to help mum out.”

She added, “But they are six weeks old now and getting their own little personalities.”

The puppies were born on June 13 through a c-section surgery.

Melissa said, “I normally have big litters, they run in bloodlines, but this is easily the biggest. They were born by C-section which I had already elected simply because of the amount of weight she had put on – she gained 15 kilograms.”

She added, “Her water broke and we had to pretty much take her straight in because if we had waited a few more hours we would have had dead puppies.”

Melissa said that she named all the puppies after Disney movies, and said that she can tell them all apart without getting confused.

She added, “They are all named after Disney movies and they all have distinctive marks and colorings so we do keep track of them. Livers, or the brown-colored puppies, seem to be harder to sell because everyone sees the movie and wants a black and white one but I prefer the live ones as I find them softer in nature.”

She continued “I have had Dalmatians for about 13 years but have been breeding and showing them for just about 10 years.”

Melissa owns the mother and the father of the 19 puppies.

Melody is three-years-old and Lukas is seven-years-old, Melissa said that both parents have been “incredible.

She added, “It is definitely the first and last for Melody, I had already decided to get her desexed before she had the puppies. The temperaments are bomb-proof. They have to deal with my two-year-old so they are very used to small children and human interaction. I am going to keep one boy but I haven’t decided on which one yet.”

The 19 puppies are going to their new homes on August 8.