Tilly seems to be thriving despite her condition. And I also think she looks adorable!
Several people brought up concerns that someone could breed dogs like this on purpose, and I agree that would be terrible.
I don’t believe anyone on Lemmy is going to do that though. So Tilly, Jimothy, and Quasi the Great remain as mascots to the disabled community for now.
It is! He has short spine syndrome so he has almost no tail and a severely shortened spine.
There are about 30 dogs worldwide with short spine syndrome and an unknown number of wild animals. It is a very rare congenital defect.
I just made a post about a dog with the same issue: https://vger.to/lemmy.world/post/49898105
Whoaaa. I dunno if this is good to say, but that dog looks adorable… I hope they aren’t in pain or anything.
Tilly seems to be thriving despite her condition. And I also think she looks adorable!
Several people brought up concerns that someone could breed dogs like this on purpose, and I agree that would be terrible.
I don’t believe anyone on Lemmy is going to do that though. So Tilly, Jimothy, and Quasi the Great remain as mascots to the disabled community for now.
Here is Quasi for those who have not see my previous posts: https://lemmy.world/post/49699434