Remember a while back when I posted a bit of a rant about the "world's smallest dog?" And how dogs are not supposed to be smaller than guinea pigs? Because breeding the smallest to the smallest is not exactly a brilliant idea? Because cute is one thing, but healthy is a totally different matter?
Well, sadly, Scooter has paid the ultimate price for his freakishly small size. He was six months old. He jumped or fell from his owners' hands, and shattered his leg. He died from complications of the medications needed to relieve the excruciating pain. (There is really NO safe way to medicate a dog that tiny. The dosages are nearly impossible to calculate, with no margin for error.)
Happy trails, Scooter. It wasn't your fault.
Friday, September 04, 2009
Sad But Not Surprising
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Omigosh! My heart bleeds for Scooter! Nothing could be worse than to die so painful a death, especially a poor little animal who has no idea why they hurt just that they hurt...I watched my dog suffer as a child when he broke his hip after being hit by a car. Too upsetting for words. There should be a law against breeding dogs that small as well as restrictions on boutique breeding. They've gone wild with mixed breeding on demand with no consideration to the animal.
That poor puppy indeed! Really, humans making pups that small really need to be locked away in the funny farm. Dogs that can fit into tea cups are sure to fall in with bad company like tea party obsessed bunnies or pandas. And how in the world would you ever find a dog that small if it got lost? Aren't the funny farms even trying to fake doing their jobs anymore and rounding up such obvious lunatics?
Such breeding would stop if there weren't so many people who are willing to shell out ridiculous amounts of money for these itty bitty mutants. Until that changes, there will always be ignorant "breeders" willing to fill the demand.
Let a few of these poor, misfortunate pups get lost in a sock, or fall into the company of rabbits and pandas and I'm sure the humans will change their minds about puppies of that size being a good idea.
This is so sad. :(
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