We never reached that level, but I remember my countess working all night feeding newly whelped puppies, 11 of them, with tubes and supplements.

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The second thing is: If you thought Chris and Ansel were a confederacy of dunces, get a load of Frank (Frank Hvam) and his friend Casper (Casper Christensen), the least great Danes ever whelped.

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Both were whelped from chips.

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