"She kept texting me and texting me, and, after about eight texts, I said just do what you're going to do," he said. "She went to check on that dog, and the people next door came out and said, 'Look, we have a pit bull.' She was only 5 months old, and they couldn't take care of her, and Julie, looking at her, said something was very different about that dog. "She was on call for a complaint of a dog being aggressive," LeRoy explained. LeRoy's wife, Julie, formerly worked for animal control in Durham, N.C., which is where she came across Cuda.
She placed third in her division (purebred) of the World's Ugliest Dog contest in 2011. Those interested in adopting Quasi or one of the shelter’s 200 dogs currently available for adoption should visit the Secondhand Hounds website.As with the others, LeRoy said Cuda is quite friendly and, unlike some of the others, Cuda has had her share of publicity. The shelter wrote that Quasi will not be available for adoption until he is healthy and has his temperament evaluated. “He may not be as pretty as many dogs on the outside, but his heart and soul shine through and make him one of God’s most beautiful creatures,” Anderson said. His adoption journey is being documented on his page through pictures and video posts of his visits to the vet and playing outside. His fan page on Facebook, “Quasi The Great” was created on Thursday to help people learn about his condition and bring awareness to dogs with special needs.
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Quasi is unable to turn his head, but otherwise his condition doesn’t affect his day-to-day activities.Īnderson said, “He gets around just fine and knows exactly how to snuggle to fit into a lap.” “Born different but never knowing any other way, he seeks to please the people who have shown him kind hands and warm hearts,” Anderson said.Īccording to the shelter’s Facebook page, the shelter staff originally thought he had lived his life in a kennel, but the 3-year-old was later diagnosed with the syndrome, which is a genetic condition.
Named after the “Hunchback of Notre Dame” character, Quasi is one of only 13 known dogs in the world with short spine syndrome, according to Secondhand Hounds. Sara Anderson, the large-breed foster coordinator for the shelter, said she was contacted to take Quasi because of her love of special-needs dogs. The dog was taken in by Secondhand Hounds, an animal shelter in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Quasi was also seen by a human geneticist at University of California, who is studying his blood to find out what causes short spine syndrome. His back cannot be surgically repaired,” the shelter wrote on Facebook. “Quasi is missing a couple of vertebra in his back, but that is not causing him pain. He will be seeing a specialist to fix what is called a screw tail, a vertebrae deformity in the tail.
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Quasi had his neck clipped and cleaned to help the skin heal from his collar wound and he was neutered. On Monday, Secondhand Hounds updated Quasi’s 50,000 fans on Facebook on the pup’s health and medical treatments. Quasimodo, a purebred German shepherd with short spine syndrome, is gaining fans online with his story. Courtesy: Rachel Mairose/Secondhand HoundsĮDEN PRAIRIE, Minnesota (CNN) - A stunted dog with a rare condition is looking for a home. He was rescued by Secondhand hounds on Thursday in Minnesota. Quasimodo, a 3-year-old German shepherd, has short spine syndrome. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated.
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