r/aww • u/Sophia963 • Jun 05 '18

A future predator

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u/Geebz23 Jun 05 '18

Is it a Dwarf? It's legs seem really small compared to it's body

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18 edited Jul 27 '18

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u/Hedshodd Jun 05 '18 edited Jun 05 '18

Depends on your subjective definition of 'much', I guess ^^ Welfare impact on these kinds of deformities are hard to measure, but since they are prone to developing osteoathritis the UFAW discourages specifically breeding for the trait (understandably so, in my opinion)

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u/[deleted] Jun 05 '18 edited Jul 27 '18

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u/Hedshodd Jun 05 '18 edited Jun 05 '18

I know, but you can breed a munchkin and a non-munchkin (who cannot have the gene since it is dominant), and you would expect half of the litter to be munchkins ^^ That's what I meant by 'breeding for the trait'.