These lucky pups have landed on their feet after two dogs decided to share out the motherly duties.
Pedigree Irish Setter Madyson gave birth to the 15 babies but before owner Julie Murray had a chance to clean the newborns, her other dog, Liliana, started to lend a hand.
And when the pups started feeding, six-year-old surrogate mum Liliana, an English Setter, also began producing milk so she could share the load.
"She started cleaning them and looking after them and soon after began producing milk even though she wasn't pregnant - I was amazed.
"Normally the natural mum is really protective over her pups but the pair share feeding times.
"It's good news for me too because if Liliana wasn't there I would have to help and bottle feed some of the puppies because 15 is too many for a mother to look after.
"I'm sure it helps deal with 15 puppies, which is quite an impressive litter."
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