A dog saved from being put down at a kennel by a British couple has given birth to 12 gorgeous puppies.
Maynard Rocketry and his partner adopted eight-month-old Boo from a kennel in Serbia after finding out she was about to be put down, the Daily Star reports.
The couple transported the pooch to their home in Weymouth, Dorset, and soon became concerned that they were feeding her too much food as her weight ballooned.
After Boo arrived, she started to gain weight which led the couple to believe they had been overfeeding the new addition to the family.
But, when she was taken to the vet they learned that she was pregnant with a litter of six puppies.
In the following weeks, Boo gave birth to the six puppies – and six more.
Much to Audrey and Maynard’s shock they found themselves with even more competition for space inside the three-bedroom cottage that they shared with Audrey’s daughters and their boyfriends.
Plumbing and heating engineer Maynard, 51, has been off work and Audrey, 52, paused her school receptionist job so they can provide care for the puppies.
Luckily, Georgia, 18, her boyfriend Bryn, 22, Billie, 25, and her partner Scott, 38, were on hand to provide assistance.
The pups are now seven weeks old and will soon be going to brand new homes.
There were 70 offers and the couple said they were able to choose to make sure that all go to suitable people.
The family will – however – keep one called Lola.
Audrey said: “We had three dogs, one was a labrador. She was only three but she had a degenerative disease and got really poorly.
“When she died it left a big hole in our hearts so we decided to rescue another dog. I found the charity on Facebook, they rescue dogs from kill pounds in Serbia.
"They treat dogs like vermin there, it’s barbaric so we wanted to rescue one.
“We met the charity at Cobham motorway services in Surrey and collected Boo. She had never been in a house before, on a settee, on a lead. She hated cars, noise, roads but loved us instantly as we did her.
“But then she started getting fatter which we didn’t mind as we were spoiling her. But after about six weeks we thought 'she’s really getting big now' and her shape had changed.
"We thought she may have a phantom pregnancy but our vet did an ultrasound scan and said she was pregnant and thought there were six pups.
“I was in complete shock, none of us had any experience of dealing with pregnant dogs or puppies. She went into labour at 2am on May 3.”
She added: “There were no stillborns, which was amazing, we were so relieved. Lockdown puppies have been the most amazing and worrying experience in equal measures for us, but one we’ll never forget.”
