Luckily my wife is as mad as me so our current pack of 16 Irish Water Spaniels, including the puppies, is not causing too many problems. However, mountains of poo lie just around the corner as they are 2 weeks old tomorrow and growing very fast.
11 is not a common litter size for IWS but it is not that uncommon. Since 2003, of the 111 IWS litters 6 (excluding this one) have had 11 puppies, 12 have had 10 pups, 16 have had 9 pups and 13 have had 8 pups.
The record is a single litter of 13 and there have been one or two of 12.
This particular girl's first litter last year had 9 puppies.
Here are some photos from the last couple of days:
