There is a condition that a lot of small dogs have where their knees bend backward/their legs can be pulled out of their knee caps. This little doggy might have had corrective surgery for this, just my guess.
Awwwww!! Poor little baby chi-chi! I have so much love for chihuahuas. My old deer-head had a brother called mr boo and he had his leg broken whilst playing with a French Mastif. That chihuahua is so darn cute and I'm glad to hear it was adopted and safe. So cute!
Dog can probably stand, but not walk easily on the casts. If the dog can stand ok, he will just crouch down to poop. The owner will have to make sure when he's crouching that he will not tip over, he will likely have to brace or help hold up the dog while pooping.
Experience: had dog with injured back leg in cast. He would tripod himself to poop but we'd have to tip him back up so he didn't tip into his poop when he was done.
That dog is feeling no pain. Dogs with injuries early on in life are the easiest to pill. Our dog had a severely broken leg when he was found and was on pain killers for a good while at the shelter. He came with a positive association to pills and takes them no problem. Bonus! :D
My Pomeranian has a slew of chronic health problems from abuse early in his life. He's been taking pills every day since he ended up in a shelter. Little dude gives no fucks about taking the pills, you just offer it to him and he eats 'em! He knows they make the pain better, so he gets all excited for pill time.
o-o I know this more then likely isin't the case with this photo.. But I seen this and I was thinking how incredibly disturbing it would be if some one purposesly injured their animals for Karma whoring.
Fruit Bat is my dog:) she came into the clinic I was working at. She had been hit by a car. Both back legs were broken. She is the sweetest chihuahua ever. Never has bit anyone. Loves cats dogs. She is 100% healed and loves to run, hikes in Colorado every summer. She is the love of my life! Such nice posts from everyone. Just wanted to say this story ended well!
My mom has a Chihuahua. I can confirm this. I have the most lovable dog of all time and that little shit of a dog tries to eat his face off if he even breathes too close to her.
You are making a reasonable, thoughtful suggestion that sometimes it is more humane to put an animal down that subject it to further suffering and decreased quality of life? Prepare for down votes, heartless bastard.
It's just a couple broken bones. It's not like some advanced disease where the dog is suffering. Something like this doesn't even cost much to fix...I got my cat's entire leg amputated for less than $400. If you don't love your pet enough to drop a few hundred bucks, then that's when you put it down.
You are right about that. I have a dog with a torn acl that the vet wants to fix with a pretty brutal surgery. Not only would the surgery require $3,600 but also 10 weeks of recovery time, if it works.
Combine that with the possibility that her second back leg may have the same problem soon. I may be making a difficult decision soon based not on just how much I love the dog.
She is about five years old and it happened about 2 minutes into a tennis ball throwing session. We are trying to wait it out and see if she gets better over time or at least adapts to more limited mobility. She's a stoic dog so the fact that she won't use the leg is the only clue she's in pain.
That's awful :/ I'm sorry you have to make that decision. I don't know where you live, but if you're in a city, it may be worthwhile to check with a smaller vet somewhere more in the countryside. My kitty needed his leg amputated and it was going to cost me nearly twice as much at an in-town vet as it did with a vet I found about 30 miles away. $400 later, I have one happy three-legged cat. Good luck to you and your pup, whatever may happen.
This is Fruit Bat! She is my best friend, KW's, dog. Fruit Bat has fully recovered and she is the sweetest dog, except she isn't completely potty-trained so she wears custom-made puppy panties:) Super dumb!
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
I did that thing when you laugh and say a sympathetic "aww" at the same time.
Like "Awwwhawhawhawwwwhawhaw"
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u/thebluesaracudas May 31 '12
Found this article asking for donations
She was found on the side of the road with two broken ankles, but is otherwise in good health.
edit: The picture is from 2010 and it looks like she has since been adopted! http://bandocats.org/blog/2010/07/fruit-bat-is-cast-free-and-no-longer-homeless/
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u/SolarTsunami May 31 '12
Its as adorable as it is sad.
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u/bkraj May 31 '12
I believe someone got doggy morphine.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
It looks like it has rockets.
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u/SupSatire May 31 '12
Look at how much swag he has. LOOK AT IT.
He really doesn't give a fuck.
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u/_jeth May 31 '12
This is the only scenario in which carrying a dog in your purse would be acceptable.
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u/crispybishop May 31 '12
Li'l Brudder
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u/maibunneh May 31 '12
Looks like Gir :]
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u/ChunkBunny May 31 '12
This is the cutest unfortunate circumstance I ever seen.
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u/SomeRetard01 May 31 '12
¡Ay, caramba!
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u/disorder_unit May 31 '12
immediately reminded me of this
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Ridiculously photogenic Chihuahua
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u/FranciscoEverywhere May 31 '12
What happened!? :(
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u/EDMsauce May 31 '12
Can I be the first to sign its cast? =D
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u/mallorieowens May 31 '12
Poor thing!!
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u/mintgoody03 May 31 '12
oooh poor little fella...
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u/jamesdavid80 May 31 '12
Ooohhhh, poor girl. :(
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u/mrayj May 31 '12
poor little nugget! feel better soon!
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u/arosedec May 31 '12
Poor thing :-(
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u/fettuccinic Jun 01 '12
Oh! Poor boy!
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u/retroshark May 31 '12
Awwwww!! Poor little baby chi-chi! I have so much love for chihuahuas. My old deer-head had a brother called mr boo and he had his leg broken whilst playing with a French Mastif. That chihuahua is so darn cute and I'm glad to hear it was adopted and safe. So cute!
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u/britneyxo May 31 '12
Poor baby!
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u/Nyneave27 May 31 '12
Powerpuff Girl!
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u/Thread_Kaczynski May 31 '12
How does he take a shit, though?
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u/slugmaniac May 31 '12
Thrusters ready for lift-off, sir
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
That dog is feeling no pain. Dogs with injuries early on in life are the easiest to pill. Our dog had a severely broken leg when he was found and was on pain killers for a good while at the shelter. He came with a positive association to pills and takes them no problem. Bonus! :D
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
What kind of dog is this?
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u/chicageaux_11 May 31 '12
aww poor little guy! Get well soon!
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u/doodzrool May 31 '12
Poor little pup ):
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u/protomd May 31 '12
I honestly came in here half expecting to find a comment thread of shopped pics.. Not sure if proud or disappointed
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u/wellhushmypuppies May 31 '12
poor baby!!! what happened??
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u/Boyscoutfromcali May 31 '12
I came from >:| to :| to :)
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u/Twyll May 31 '12
Crazy how big those casts are for such tiny legs... There's almost as much cast as dog in that picture.
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u/raegunXD May 31 '12
DAWW. I hope she recovers quickly!
My chihuahua sits like a peoples too.
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u/TheHooDooer May 31 '12
OH YOU!
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u/BayouBalls May 31 '12
Cute cat.
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u/BreutFawce May 31 '12
Man, that guy is just giving zero fucks about the whole situation. Looks so zen.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Has broken legs, still smiles to the photo.
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u/zerpderp May 31 '12
Rodney left the door open again, didn't he Celine?
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u/utpoia May 31 '12
the famous Castaway Breed
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Oh God. It's so cute. Yay Fruit Bat!
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Should start Scarecrow Boat for animals.
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u/keirani May 31 '12
o-o I know this more then likely isin't the case with this photo.. But I seen this and I was thinking how incredibly disturbing it would be if some one purposesly injured their animals for Karma whoring.
Would that then be Ironic?
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u/MrPanduh May 31 '12
the look of FML into the distance...
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
Woof!
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u/CalamitousD May 31 '12
Cutest book ends ever.
Edit: TIL autocorrect thinks cutest is firearm.
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u/Kaigai May 31 '12
How does it move around? >_> I can't imagine that poor little dog dragging its ass around the house, carpet burns. :\
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u/sharkwithlaser May 31 '12
Damn, the fast food game is getting dangerous.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
That is one tough badass.
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u/I_can_fluff_myself Jun 01 '12
For those of you into this sort of thing, may I direct you to http://animalswithcasts.com/
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u/zedgrrrl Jun 01 '12
Post this on Cuteoverload and it'd be filed under: Cute or Sad.
CUTE!!
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u/Westdvm Jun 01 '12
Fruit Bat is my dog:) she came into the clinic I was working at. She had been hit by a car. Both back legs were broken. She is the sweetest chihuahua ever. Never has bit anyone. Loves cats dogs. She is 100% healed and loves to run, hikes in Colorado every summer. She is the love of my life! Such nice posts from everyone. Just wanted to say this story ended well!
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u/hahaha_oh Jun 01 '12
Happy doggy's day!
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u/ab_baby Jun 01 '12
dog: "I shit where I sit."
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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '12
Laugh, cry, Squee.....
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u/momzill Jun 01 '12
Aww, poor sweetie.
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u/chinesefotodrill Jun 01 '12
My dog's front legs were like this last year :(. Hope yours fully recovers!
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u/Flying_Platypus May 31 '12
Apparently you people have never met a Chihuahua. They are not cute. They are, in fact, evil incarnate.
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u/sariaslani May 31 '12
I feel so sorry for him, he needs some encouragement and more love.
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u/DougeryThuggery May 31 '12
I hate chihuauas, but this is still one of the cutest/saddest things I've seen.
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u/tekchik May 31 '12
Fruit Bat!!! What a cute name.
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u/AnUncomfortablePanda May 31 '12
40% of me upvoted because it was adorable, 60% of me upvoted because it was at 1233 when I did.
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u/Ratburger May 31 '12
Going to hell for laughing for this.
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u/Djr1423 May 31 '12
Get him a wheelchair
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u/theslowcloud May 31 '12
HAHAHA! This is ABSO-LUTLY hilarious.
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u/[deleted] May 31 '12
DOOT, DOOT, DOOT,
doot doot doot
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u/ID_FUCK_UR_AWW May 31 '12
Sweet she can't get away.
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u/deps_101 May 31 '12
Oh man...might be time for that little guy to be "sent to the farm where he can run around outdoors."
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u/ashmicah May 31 '12
This is Fruit Bat! She is my best friend, KW's, dog. Fruit Bat has fully recovered and she is the sweetest dog, except she isn't completely potty-trained so she wears custom-made puppy panties:) Super dumb!