Short spine syndrome is a very rare congenital defect. Part of awareness Tilly raises is to never breed dogs with short spine syndrome.

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  • 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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      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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      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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        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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          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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      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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      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.