Great Dane puppies are born 29 YEARS after their father's death thanks to their owner who froze the champion dog's sperm in 1985 A Great Dane that died in 1990 helped conceive a litter of nine puppies born on Valentine’s Day Topper was a Great Dane born in 1980 but his owner, Marilyn Herdejurgen, had the dog’s semen frozen 34 years ago Topper died in 1990 but his sperm was used to impregnate Herdejurgen’s latest Great Dane, three-year-old Rubix The procedure is not new, but the long gap between the father’s death and the conception is unusual
By James Gordon For Dailymail.com
Published: 02:09 GMT, 23 February 2019 | Updated: 02:09 GMT, 23 February 2019
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A litter of puppies have been born using frozen semen from a champion Great Dane who died 29 years ago.
The nine dogs were fathered by a dog called Topper who died in 1990.
Topper's owner was Marilyn Herdejurgen, from Houston, Texas, and was the first dog she ever competed in shows with.
