The Radford family forced to change puppy’s name after discovering she’s a GIRL and dad of 22 Noel can’t get used to it

THE Radfords introduced the newest member of their family at Christmas.

But just weeks after welcoming dachshund puppy Arlo into their brood, Britain’s biggest family were in for a shock when they discovered she was a girl – not a boy as they first thought.

And after making the surprise discovery, they had to come up with a new name for the pooch – and settled on Cookie.

In a new on their YouTube page, dad Noel explained: “The doggy that was supposed to be a boy but is a girl. 

“She’s going to be called Cookie which we all like.”

However, he admitted that it’s taking him some time to get used to the new moniker.

“I keep forgetting and calling her Biscuit for some reason,” he laughed. “I’ll get used to it eventually.”

He also revealed that while Cookie has had her second set of jabs and is allowed out now, they’d opted not to take her on a family walk that afternoon because she’s still so tiny.

“She’s had her second jabs, she’s actually allowed out,” he said.

“We’re not going to bring her out today because I think it will be bit cold for her – I think she needs a bit of flab on her before we take her out for a walk like that.”

Elsewhere in the video, Noel was seen cooking up a huge batch of soup for his wife and kids after they returned from the walk.

And, unsurprisingly while cooking for 22, there was a massive amount of preparation involved – with bowls of vegetables spread all over the counter top ready for cooking.

“I’ve got diced onion, diced celery, diced potato, diced carrots, shredded cabbage, frozen peas, garlic, chopped parsley and in there we’ve got some vegetable stock,” he began.

He popped all the vegetables, apart from the peas, into the pan with the stock, brought to the boil and simmered for 10 to 15 minutes.

He then removed half of the vegetables, blitzed what was left in the pan and seasoned the liquid that was left.

Noel concluded the cooking demonstration by putting the other vegetables back in the soup and popping the frozen peas in.

He served it with slices of crusty French bread.

Speaking of the Radfords, mum Sue revealed where the family are next going on holiday.

They’re planning to leave their mansion to build their own home.

And Noel faces a tough decision as the rivalry over bedrooms explodes.