A bulldog has been hailed as a 'miracle mother' after she gave birth to bright green puppy.
Trevor and Audra Mosher, owners of dog Freya, immediately feared the worst for her new pup after believing that its unusual colour meant she had been stillborn.
But to their huge surprise the tiny female puppy — part of a litter of eight born in Canada — began moving almost immediately, and has been thriving ever since.
She has begun life without any significant health problems, with her green tinge being put down to an unusual process in the womb.
Describing the moment of their shock discovery, Trevor told Global News: “We started to dry her off and noticed she was green and immediately again thought there was something wrong.
"So we googled it, ‘my puppy is green, what’s wrong,’ and apparently it is very rare and it has happened a few times all over the world.”
She had been born surrounded a black sac unlike all her siblings, who were all found inside translucent ones.
The rare discolouration of her fur is thought to come from a green pigment found in the bile inside the sac.
Trevor said he was "amazed" by the rare event and was "very lucky to have witnessed it and be a part of it", revealing that he is now working with his wife to come up with a name for the special puppy.
Current favourites suggested by friends on Facebook include Fiona, in tribute to Shrek’s sweetheart princess, as well as Wasabi, Hulkette and Pistachio.
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Unfortunately, her fur is expected to fade into a normal colour as she grows older.
Dr. Bronwyn Crane, a veterinary reproduction specialist from the Atlantic Veterinary College at the University of Prince Edward Island in Canada, said he believed the probability of a dog being born green was less than one in 10,000.
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