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Finnish livestream follows dog Hilkka and her six newborn puppies
Finland’s public broadcaster Yle is streaming Hilkka and her six puppies around the clock in its programme Pentulive.
Hilkka, a Lagotto Romagnolo, gave birth to four female puppies and two males.
Cameras in a breeder’s home will follow the family for eight weeks, with a team in Helsinki controlling the feed remotely.
Pentulive is in its sixth series and draws on “slow TV,” which uses long stretches of everyday footage rather than fast-paced editing.
The programme’s website recorded 6.6 million visits in six days, and it also offers a live chat, a game and a weekly podcast.
Yle journalist Pirjo Koskinen says viewers have used the stream for comfort and companionship, including in classrooms and with relatives who have dementia.
The livestream will continue for eight weeks, letting viewers watch the puppies grow.
Hilkka, a Finnish Lagotto Romagnolo, has given birth to six puppies followed around the clock on the Pentulive livestream.
The programme, made by Finland’s public broadcaster Yle, will follow the family for eight weeks.
The livestream has recorded 6.6 million website visits in the six days before the article was published.
Pentulive is in its sixth series and features three cameras and lighting in the puppies’ whelping box.
Its creator says viewers have used the stream to help with loneliness, stress and sleepless nights.
- Who
- Hilkka, a Lagotto Romagnolo, and her six puppies are featured. Yle produces the programme.
- What
- A 24/7 livestream follows Hilkka caring for her newborn litter.
- When
- The article was published on 19 October 2026. The stream will run for eight weeks.
- Where
- The puppies are filmed inside a breeder’s home in Finland; the directing team is in Helsinki.
- Why
- The programme offers viewers a chance to watch the puppies grow. Its creator says it can help people cope with loneliness, stress and sleepless nights.
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Yle began Pentulive.
The previous programme featured English springer spaniel Muru and her litter of 11 puppies.
The article reported that Hilkka had given birth to six puppies and that the livestream had recorded 6.6 million visits in six days.
- Puppies
- Six: four female and two male
- Programme
- Pentulive, Yle’s sixth series
- Livestream length
- Eight weeks
- Website visits
- 6.6 million in six days
- Cameras
- Three cameras in the puppies’ whelping box
What people are saying
We know that Pentulive helps to deal with loneliness, stress and sleepless nights.
What we call "the Pentulive bubble" is about loving and caring, the miracle of birth and growth and puppies doing funny things.
The livestream offers something that appears to be missing from many modern busy lives: something real, genuine, utterly vulnerable that taps your evolutionary meaning as a protector.