Having a pregnant dog at home can bring us many joys, but also many surprises, which can leave us amazed, but also speechless.

Many like large families, but giving birth is not easy. Nor is it for animal mothers. Fortunately, most dog births are not as dramatic as ours.

Your dog should be perfectly capable of handling delivery on her own, as long as the litter does not exceed five or six.dogs.

But, think about how exhausting it must have been for our protagonist dog to bring the sum of 13 little furballs into the world.

Diva is the pregnant dog who caused a stir with her historic birth

This is Diva , a 3-year-old American Stafford dog, who kept her owners on tenterhooks because of her gigantic belly.

For his part, the proud father of the creatures was a 13-year-old German Shepherd mix named Joey.

Diva and Joey would become parents but they never imagined that of so many

“ The two started their own love story in June 2013… And it ended in a pregnancy ,” her human wrote in a post in which Diva is giving birth to her puppies.

At the time of the massive birth, the dog was placed on some towels and , panting exhausted, she began her work , accompanied by her human who did not leave her alone in the sun or shade at any time and always stayed by her side.

It threatened to be a complicated birth but she would have the unconditional support of her family at such a difficult time.

At first , with the arrival of the first offspring , the mother felt scared and very vulnerable. Her nerves made her try to sit down in the middle of the procedure, but her human being was there to calm her down and prevent a major complication.

“We helped her a little, and after the first puppy came out safely, then Diva calmed down,” her caregiver said.

Immediately, she proved to be the best mother in the world for each of her little ones, as they came into the world.

The man helped his pet by opening the amniotic sacs of the puppies, while Diva only looked at her babies , who instinctively began to drink the milk .

The first puppy was born of various colors. The second was black. Each pup was picked up by hand to prevent it from falling onto the towels.

After the arduous and tiring labor of this brave canine mother, 12 miracles came to the world, since , unfortunately , one of them crossed the rainbow.

Diva managed to emerge successfully from her exceptional birth, bringing 13 babies into the world. And everything was captured in an amazing video:

In the scenes you can see the tender expression of the proud and happy parent, lovingly licking and spoiling her beautiful new litter. A “zooming” family, in every sense.

As is also the case for us, giving birth to a dog is laborious. But nature is wise and this dog mother, despite her tremendous effort, knew what to do thanks to her instinct.

The new mother knew how to safeguard what she loved most by giving them all her love and protection

Its owner announced that he would try to place all the little ones in responsible homes, where they would not lack love.

And, if they were not sure that they would be welcomed into loving families, they would stay with them until their well-being and health could be guaranteed.

Shortly after that, they decided to sterilize Diva because they do not want to expose her to another similar birth. Without a doubt, she was the most responsible, and we are happy to know that she continues to live protected and cared for with those she loves.

Don’t forget the sacrifice, dedication and importance of a mother for the entire animal kingdom. Definitely, mother, there is only one!