Though Adam Morley must have been dotty, really, to think of taking 18 dalmatian pups for a walk at once.
Mr Morley said he wanted to give the 11-week-old puppies a run in the park before they all headed off to their new homes.
'It was a nightmare, I may as well have been walking 101 dalmatians,' he said. 'Most of the dogs wanted to walk in different directions, while some of them just sat down and wouldn't budge.
'I got in a terrible tangle. It was like being in the middle of a spotty blizzard.'
The father of three, 40, and wife Nicola, of Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, have kept two of the pups, Red Boy and Rudolph, to keep threeyearold mum Button company.
Mrs Morley, 31, said: 'We were really sorry to see them go. We do miss them and I cried when they left.
'It was like handing over lots of babies because we hand-reared them for the first four weeks.
'It has been an amazing experience, but very tiring. The house seems really quiet now.'
Button, whose father was in the film 102 Dalmatians, broke the world record in December when she gave birth to her brood of 18, just a year after having a litter of 15.
The average litter for dalmatians is just eight or nine. |
