One morning, as residents walked past the gate of a residential community, a cardboard box caught their attention.
When passersby approached, they found two puppies curled up tightly in the corner of a cardboard box. The passersby looked around to see who had abandoned the puppies there.
But because he was in a hurry to get to work and worried that the puppy might be in danger, he urgently called an animal shelter and asked for their help.
Soon the shelter staff arrived and indeed found two very small Chihuahuas huddled helplessly in a cardboard box. Upon closer inspection, the staff were suddenly shocked.
I noticed that both Chihuahuas in front of me had missing front paws; one of the dogs had front paws shaped like chicken wings.
The other forelimb is missing. Without the support of their forelimbs, they can only lie on the cardboard box and try to look up at the outside.
Since they all had health problems, the staff decided to take them for a medical check-up first.
When they were handed over to the veterinarian, both dogs were initially very nervous. When they saw a lot of people, they would huddle together in fear.
It wasn't until the veterinarian gently calmed them down and gave them some food that they relaxed. The dogs immediately began to devour the food as if they hadn't eaten in a long time.
The veterinarian then carefully examined their bodies and indicated that they had congenital skeletal abnormalities and incomplete development, a condition suspected to be caused by inbreeding.
The two dogs were then treated at the hospital, where veterinarians planned to train them to stand using the strength of their hind legs after they had adapted to their new environment.
In the following period, because they couldn't get exercise while kept in cages, we decided to let them run freely in the hospital. At first, the dogs were too weak to stand up.
Whenever the veterinarian passes by, they can be seen lying on the ground, rubbing against each other, trying to get closer, and slowly crawling towards the staff to act cute.
When veterinarians see dogs trying so hard to walk, they feel incredibly heartbroken and often can't bear it, so they pick them up and put them in their clothes pockets.
Working alongside the veterinarian, the two little ones were very well-behaved, staying quietly in the pocket.
Gradually, they adapted to the hospital environment and slowly tried to use the strength of their hind limbs, but new problems arose.
The veterinarian was concerned that this would put a strain on their spines in the long run and that they should find assistive devices as soon as possible to reduce the burden on their bodies.
They also posted adoption information for them, hoping that friends who are willing to help improve their quality of life would consider adopting them.
Adopting them is much more difficult than raising a healthy dog; it requires much more effort, time, and money.
This incident serves as a call to action: "Do not breed privately, and especially do not engage in inbreeding. Have your pets spayed or neutered to avoid causing them pain."
