Sausage dog gives birth to 11 puppies – and owner believes the litter may be a world record

A sausage dog has given birth to what could be a world record litter – of 11 puppies.

Three-year-old Winnie gave birth to a large litter at home near Leicester last month (6/9).

Another dachshund, Cheesecake, gave birth to 10 puppies in September 2021 – which made headlines.

But Winnie has now beaten that number – and owner Rayma Jones, 23, thinks it could be a world record.

She plans to sell the puppies, although she hasn’t set a price yet.

Rayma Jones from Leicestershire with Winnie, three, her dachshund, who recently gave birth to 11 puppies

Large litter, photographed at four weeks old. Sausage dogs have an average litter size of one to six

Prices for dachshund puppies vary online, starting from a few hundred pounds – up to £2,500.

The dog’s stay-at-home mum, Rayma, said: ‘I was amazed (by the waste). I just kept counting them over and over.

“I was so surprised that I expected her to pop another one when I wasn’t looking.

‘She is such a wonderful mother. I am shocked that she could have a world record number of puppies.

“I looked online and couldn’t believe it.

‘Winnie is a natural. She even has ten nipples, so she can almost feed them all at the same time – it’s so sweet to watch.

“She never wants to leave them and if she hears another dog, she’s right next to them.

“She’s the best mom ever.”

The puppies (pictured) could be part of a record litter for a dachshund, according to Rayma Jones

Winnie was bought by Rayma’s family at seven months old when her first owners were moving abroad.

Rayma decided that Winnie was ready to be a mother and found a father about three months ago.

A scan at 35 days nine weeks pregnant showed six puppies in Winnie’s womb.

The average number of puppies in a dachshund litter is between one and six, due to their small size.

Winnie started digging and stamping on her bed on September 5 – five days before her little ones were born.

When Winnie had her scan, it looked like she was carrying six cubs – but that number was well below the large litter size of 11.

Rayma set an alarm to check on her pet in the middle of the night when she went to bed.

But then she heard a cracking noise coming from the spare room at 11.30pm.

Winnie had given birth to her first puppy, so Rayma sat with her.

The second came at 1:30 a.m. on September 6, followed by four more, 20 minutes apart.

Numbers seven, eight and nine came next seven minutes apart, followed by a 40-minute gap until number 10.

Rayma went to bed at 6:30 a.m. believing that Winnie had all her puppies.

But when she checked on him four hours later, she couldn’t believe her eyes.

According to Rayma, the puppies (pictured) are a mix of colors, including silver with black spots, chocolate and black and tan.

She said: “I thought 10 was great. She had stopped panting and was lying down feeding them. I really thought she was done.

“When I came back I counted them and there were 11.

“There was no mess, she just washed it and lined it up with the others. She is very clever.’

Rayma added: “Winnie’s color is really rare for a wire-haired dachshund.

“She is silver in color and five of her cubs are completely silver with black spots.

“Another three are chocolate, and three are black and red.”

Rayma says she can’t live with all the puppies, or she’ll ‘become a crazy dog ​​lady’, so she’s planning to sell the dogs

The puppies will be ready to leave their mother when they are eight weeks old.

And Rayma said: ‘I’ll have to sell them, but I’m not sure of the price yet.

“I can’t live with 11 puppies or I’ll become a crazy dog ​​lady!”

It is understood that Guinness World Records does not keep records for individual dog breeds.

However, the largest litter ever is 24, all of which were born on 29 November 2004 to Tia, a Neapolitan Mastiff, in the UK.