Three puppies at the North Shore Animal League were born missing both of their front legs, and while they're stealing the hearts of the center's employees, they're now in need of good homes.The 4-month-old chihuahua siblings, Carmen, Pablo, and Venus were all born without front legs, but they are otherwise perfectly healthy, happy, and full of life. "They are healthy dogs that don't know that they have something wrong, and since they have each other, they are happy," said Donna Imhoff, Senior Veterinarian at the NSAL.
The puppies were born to a backyard breeder in Virginia. Two other puppies in their litter of five were perfectly normal, but the breeder dropped off the special trio at a local SPCA, but they didn't have the resources to properly care for them and instead reached out to the NSAL.
To get around, the puppies hop on their hind legs. Still, there are now hopes that a special wheeled device could be developed.
"If some kind of body-glove could be made, kind of like a scuba diver would wear, with wheels on them, then that piece could grow with the puppies," Yohannan said.
Officials believe these birth defects were caused by excessive inbreeding, a common problem with puppy mills and backyard breeders.
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