Owner Thinks Dog Will Deliver Just 6 Puppies, Is Surprised to Greet 12 of Them

Owner Thinks Dog Will Deliver Just 6 Puppies, Is Surprised to Greet 12 of Them
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Mary Heffelfinger, a registered nurse in Pennsylvania, expected to welcome a litter of just five or six puppies when her German shepherd, Roxy, went into labor. But much to her surprise, the 10-month-old pup delivered a whopping litter of 12 puppies over 11 hours.

Roxy the German shepherd was four and a half months old when she arrived at Heffelfinger’s home in Schuylkill Haven, Pennsylvania.