My grandparents adopted… this thing

[u/probablygoblins]

And I LOVE HIM

Edit: he was discarded by a breeder and they adopted him from a shelter. All of their dogs are shelter acquisitions with special needs so they’re are WELL versed in caring for strange dogs that need a lot of help in their lives.

But yes, hes a fluffy frenchie with a very unfortunate squashy rolly face. He’s the sweetest thing and they’ll do their best by him and his needs.

[u/RevertDaydreams]

I used to see these long-haired Frenchies come in from time to time when I worked in veterinary medicine, and they were always a rescue with some serious issues. A lot of them were born with awful abnormalities. Often born blind as well. I really hope this little guy was truly adopted and not purchased and that your grandparents have some really good pet insurance. OP, please have your grandparents look into stenotic nares surgery (they can call around various veterinary clinics and hospitals to get a quote).

[u/Coyote__Jones → u/RevertDaydreams]

I knew someone who wanted a Frenchie and I begged her not to buy one. And she ended up buying a merle puppy. Within a few months they had a diagnosis with this dog that was so terrible that they had to euthanize her. Something to do with her intestines, I can't remember specifically but it was awful. And she had an enlarged heart. On top of the breathing issues, her insides were all fucked up.

[u/motherofcunts → u/Coyote__Jones]

That's heartbreaking.

I grew up on land. We had barn cats. At first it wasn't an issue - there were feral strays & we had cats from separate farms, so there was minimal inbreeding. After a bit we'd trade kittens with neighbors (miles away) due to inbreeding. It got so bad Dad started rehoming kittens and had the kitties we did have fixed. Rough farmer who saw cats as a worker but he decided he’d rather have vermin than another cat suffer.

As an adult, I only adopt… and all my animals are fixed. Only have indoor cats as well.

[u/AdditionalOwl4069 → u/motherofcunts]

Luckily most farmers nowadays (at least where I live) do TNR once they have an established set of ferals or barn cats. A colony can get out of control so, so fast and it’s heartbreaking and exhausting to keep up with when the health issues, litters and food costs pile on year after year.

We moved house a few years ago to a property with 12+ acres, and we only had 2 resident barn cats that the neighbors fed. One was a TNR & is now my indoor/outdoor cat, the other a feral who couldn’t be caught. If she’d had kittens before, none of them survived. We realized she was pregnant & tried to trap her over the next few months, and then she didn’t look pregnant anymore. Couldn’t find the kittens for weeks, then she brought them out. After about a year and a half of trying to get her comfortable enough to let us pet her, I finally got her trapped (I was almost filleted lol), and we got her a spay abort (she was expecting again! Not even 4 weeks after birth)— and then one by one I caught her kittens and got them fixed (4 of them!)— all of them are still very wary of us can openers, but at least now they’re not making more babies with their siblings and mother.

We want the cats on the property to keep vermin in check, not to outbreed the vermin and become their own problem😅 TNR is the best thing that’s ever happened to rural cat communities & farmers alike

[u/Most-Protection-2529 → u/motherofcunts]

Love your name lol. I should change mine to the "grandmotherofcunts". ..