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This is Tilly the Friendly Loaf, one of about 30 dogs known to have short spine syndrome in the world
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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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Short spine syndrome is a very rare congenital defect. Part of awareness Tilly raises is to never breed dogs with short spine syndrome.

Here is more Tilly:

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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Tilly sploot:

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pentastarm piefed.ca pentastarm@piefed.ca
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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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I really hope this Jimothy trend doesn't inspire somebody to try to breed the deformity intentionally, like what happened with Twisty Cats.

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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I really hope this Jimothy trend doesn't inspire somebody to try to breed the deformity intentionally, like what happened with Twisty Cats.

I hope so too. So far the owners of these “famous” dogs do a great job of advocating for them and spreading awareness about not breeding them.

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
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I really hope this Jimothy trend doesn't inspire somebody to try to breed the deformity intentionally, like what happened with Twisty Cats.

So I looked up twisty cats. Clicked on the picture of the cat on the preview of the wikipedia article for Squitten, the official term. This took me to the ddg images tab for squitten. Which apparently is the german word for squirt. So I was just immediately eyeblasted with the other kind of pussy.

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foggy lemmy.world foggy@lemmy.world
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This is just a bad panorama image. That's all these are.

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Boomer Humor Doomergod lemmy.world Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world
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I really hope this Jimothy trend doesn't inspire somebody to try to breed the deformity intentionally, like what happened with Twisty Cats.

Can’t have nothing good on planet Earth

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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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So I looked up twisty cats. Clicked on the picture of the cat on the preview of the wikipedia article for Squitten, the official term. This took me to the ddg images tab for squitten. Which apparently is the german word for squirt. So I was just immediately eyeblasted with the other kind of pussy.

Idk who is claiming that is the official term, because the breeder in question called them twisty cats.

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
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So smol, yet much paw very large and yet smol ohmigod i ded of kawaiiitis

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
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Idk who is claiming that is the official term, because the breeder in question called them twisty cats.

wikipedia

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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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wikipedia

Wikipedia isn't a person, Wikipedia articles are written by volunteers.

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BillyClark piefed.social BillyClark@piefed.social
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I really hope this Jimothy trend doesn't inspire somebody to try to breed the deformity intentionally, like what happened with Twisty Cats.

Also dwarf cats, which includes the type people have taken to calling "munchkin cats." There's nothing wrong with being a dwarf person, but there are strong concerns about the quality of life for dwarf cats just because of their short legs.

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🇰 🌀 🇱 🇦 🇳 🇦 🇰 🇮 pawb.social Kolanaki@pawb.social
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Creep by Stone Temple Pilots intensifies

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
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Wikipedia isn't a person, Wikipedia articles are written by volunteers.

the vvolluneteres are peorple

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Brave Little Hitachi Wand feddit.uk yakko@feddit.uk
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I really hope this Jimothy trend doesn't inspire somebody to try to breed the deformity intentionally, like what happened with Twisty Cats.

Is it a crime? I feel like breeding dogs and cats should require a license or permit that you can lose for irresponsible breeding. If nothing else, it's annoying that it technically isn't called a copycat crime.

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curiousaur reddthat.com curiousaur@reddthat.com
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Is it a crime? I feel like breeding dogs and cats should require a license or permit that you can lose for irresponsible breeding. If nothing else, it's annoying that it technically isn't called a copycat crime.

Right? We made pugs and bulldogs already.

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SatyrSack quokk.au SatyrSack@quokk.au
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the vvolluneteres are peorple

[citation needed]

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ChicoSuave lemmy.world ChicoSuave@lemmy.world
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Tilly sploot:

I'm laugh crying from the proportions. Like big head mode on a terrier. Thank you for the joy.

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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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the vvolluneteres are peorple

That's what I said.

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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Is it a crime? I feel like breeding dogs and cats should require a license or permit that you can lose for irresponsible breeding. If nothing else, it's annoying that it technically isn't called a copycat crime.

I believe that it should absolutely require a license that can be revoked for unethical or irresponsible practices. But we can’t have cause capitalism.

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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So smol, yet much paw very large and yet smol ohmigod i ded of kawaiiitis

Wait till you see her as a puppy:

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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This is just a bad panorama image. That's all these are.

Tilly has never heard such bullshit:

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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May I bless your eyes further with her puppy pic?

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psycotica0 lemmy.ca psycotica0@lemmy.ca
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#25 · (edited) Quote Reply

Tilly: has a tricky spine condition

Also Tilly: banned from sex for ethical reasons

Poor Tilly, have they not suffered enough!?

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snoons lemmy.ca snoons@lemmy.ca
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Wait till you see her as a puppy:

intant deeeeth

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PapaStevesy lemmy.world PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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That's what I said.

That's who claimed it

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black0ut pawb.social black0ut@pawb.social
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Where does all the dog fit in that dog? Are all the organs smaller, do they somehow all fit with their original sizes, did she need surgery?

Do these animals have shorter life expectancies, or can they live a fairly long and normal life? Does it impair mobility?

It's the first time I've ever seen this condition, with all the jimothy posts and now these 2 dogs. Genetics are fascinating and terrifying at the same time.

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Enkrod feddit.org Enkrod@feddit.org
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So I looked up twisty cats. Clicked on the picture of the cat on the preview of the wikipedia article for Squitten, the official term. This took me to the ddg images tab for squitten. Which apparently is the german word for squirt. So I was just immediately eyeblasted with the other kind of pussy.

The german word you are looking for is not a translation of squirt but a germanification of the english word.

TMI

Squirten (lit. to squirt, and with an R) is how you use the english word without translating it gramatically correct in a german sentence.

The correct translation would be "spritzen", but in terms of sexual verbs this is usually reserved for the male ejaculation, so "squirten" is adopted for the female ejaculation.

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viral.vegabond piefed.social viral.vegabond@piefed.social
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May I bless your eyes further with her puppy pic?

Savage

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Sidyctism II. discuss.tchncs.de Sidyctism2@discuss.tchncs.de
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This is just a bad panorama image. That's all these are.

She has an insta page, a tiktok page and a dozen articles written about her. Unless you can point out where the videos are edited/AI, i call BS

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Whats_your_reasoning lemmy.world Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
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The prophesy has been fulfilled!

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theywanttocontrolyou lemmy.world theywanttocontrolyou@lemmy.world
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It sort of looks like an intellect devourer: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Intellect_devourer

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uniquethrowagay feddit.org uniquethrowagay@feddit.org
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The prophesy has been fulfilled!

This image is one of my favorite things of all time. Never fails to make me laugh

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pentastarm piefed.ca pentastarm@piefed.ca
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May I bless your eyes further with her puppy pic?

🥺 yes please!!

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Mwa thelemmy.club Mwa@thelemmy.club
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Ngl it looks like a houndeye from hl

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Eh-I lemmy.world Eh_I@lemmy.world
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But I've seen about a million picture of dogs with this in the last week alone. AI really saw this shit and said, "Oh, I got this."😂

We'll find out in the dystopia that future AI actually created the condition and sent it back in time to infect our pets making itself look like it could draw better.

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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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That's who claimed it

You think I named them Squittens? You're an idiot.

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
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You think I named them Squittens? You're an idiot.

Are you having a bad day

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gwl [he/him] lemmy.blahaj.zone gwl@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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Where does all the dog fit in that dog? Are all the organs smaller, do they somehow all fit with their original sizes, did she need surgery? Do these animals have shorter life expectancies, or can they live a fairly long and normal life? Does it impair mobility? It's the first time I've ever seen this condition, with all the jimothy posts and now these 2 dogs. Genetics are fascinating and terri...
  • Not sure on that
  • Shorter, usually die very young
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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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But I've seen about a million picture of dogs with this in the last week alone. AI really saw this shit and said, "Oh, I got this."😂 We'll find out in the dystopia that future AI actually created the condition and sent it back in time to infect our pets making itself look like it could draw better.

Yeah, you have to look for accounts that were around for years. It’s crazy that people are AI generating dogs with short spine.

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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It sort of looks like an intellect devourer: https://forgottenrealms.fandom.com/wiki/Intellect_devourer

Heh, totally!

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FiniteBanjo feddit.online FiniteBanjo@feddit.online
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Are you having a bad day

Are you?

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ickplant lemmy.world ickplant@lemmy.world
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Where does all the dog fit in that dog? Are all the organs smaller, do they somehow all fit with their original sizes, did she need surgery? Do these animals have shorter life expectancies, or can they live a fairly long and normal life? Does it impair mobility? It's the first time I've ever seen this condition, with all the jimothy posts and now these 2 dogs. Genetics are fascinating and terri...

They have normal sized organs but all squished together. They generally do not need or get surgery - they are either euthanized because the organ compression and pain are severe or they can live relatively normal lives.

They do not automatically have shorter life expectancy. Quasi the Great (dog with SSS) is 14 years old this year.

It does impair mobility, and the degree to which it does will affect their quality of life.

The bottom line is, we actually don’t know everything there is to know about SSS because it’s so rare.

Source 1: https://petcube.com/blog/short-spine-syndrome-in-dogs/#what-is-the-life-expectancy-of-a-dog-with-short-spine-syndrome

Source 2: https://theconversation.com/jimothy-the-raccoon-has-short-spine-syndrome-but-this-condition-can-affect-dogs-too-288270

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Ricky Rigatoni piefed.zip RickyRigatoni@piefed.zip
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Are you?

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Eh-I lemmy.world Eh_I@lemmy.world
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Yeah, you have to look for accounts that were around for years. It’s crazy that people are AI generating dogs with short spine.

Oh I'm not going to filter search results I didn't request anyway

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PapaStevesy lemmy.world PapaStevesy@lemmy.world
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You think I named them Squittens? You're an idiot.

No, I don't.

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merc sh.itjust.works merc@sh.itjust.works
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I believe that it should absolutely require a license that can be revoked for unethical or irresponsible practices. But we can’t have cause capitalism.

So, it would have been regulated under fascism? Communism? Manorialism?

It's more that democracy is weak, and the rich and powerful are no longer scared of guillotines.

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