Kingman, Arizona

It all happened in the town of Kingman, in Arizona - a small town with a population of around 30,000.

Cleo was all set

Cleo, a Great Dane, was set to give birth via caesarian section surgery.

Something to bare in mind.

The average litter size of a Great Dane is 8 puppies.

But this time doctors were taken aback.

Doctors at Kingman Animal Hospital were amazed at the number of puppies Cleo successfully gave birth to. 

19 whole, real-life puppies

Yes, Cleo gave birth to 19 puppies. Can you imagine having 19 Great Danes? Where would you keep them? 

And all completely healthy

With so many puppies the chances of miscarriage are very high, but Cleo pulled it off and all 19 puppies were declared healthy. 

In a Facebook post, the staff were thanked

The hospital congratulated the veterinary staff in a recent Facebook post. 

Kingman Animal Hospital wrote in a statement

‘Thank you all for the kind words and congrats to the momma dog and our hard working staff that came in for this emergency,’

Just to remind you...

Great Danes are huge, they can grow to up to 44 inches from paw to shoulder. Now imagine 19 of them. 

Though they’re known to be very gentle

That’s usually the correlation, the bigger the dog the more relaxed it tends to be. 

Here are some Great Dane highlights

To round this off, let’s look at the breeds best moments. 

Here’s one with David Bowie

This amazing picture happened during photoshoot for Aladdin Sane 

Here's one at the beach

Here’s a video of a Great Dane on the beach. There’s something about it isn’t there? 

Here’s one in a pool

This dog knows how to relax.

Here’s one being given a hard time by a Chihuahua

This can’t be real.