I Adopted A Stray Dog With 2 Mouths, One Where The Ear Should Be
Toad is about 6 years old, she found her way to the shelter that I worked at several years ago. The whole staff was kind of in shock at her appearance. She was also highly aggressive when she came in. A shelter officer muzzled her and carried her to the vet clinic and while she was there being examined, it sounds goofy but literally, we made eye contact and she immediately relaxed.
That day I took her into my office to evaluate her and she immediately crawled into my lap. This big scary, insane-looking dog, just climbed into my lap and rested her head on my shoulder. I adopted her and we have been inseparable ever since.
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She is the reason we started Mutt Misfits, our rescue organization dedicated to helping special needs, sick, injured and deformed pets at risk for euthanasia. We were founded by employees of the shelter in May 2017 after seeing what happens to the “misfit” dogs that are brought in and have saved about 200 dogs.
Yep. That’s 2 ears on Toad’s left side. So lift up one ear and BAM there’s an extra mouth. Equipped with teeth and saliva glands. Most people would be grossed out but the misfit group loves her even more for it.
The 2nd mouth does not have a jaw so she can not chew but the mouth does salivate and is connected to the first mouth. The 2nd mouth will drool after she eats a meal with her first mouth. She gets her extra mouth, which has three teeth, cleaned and teeth brushed by the vet every so often.
We have heard many theories from vets on her deformity but most believe it was a twin she absorbed in the womb (do not overbreed dogs, this happens). She’s healthy and happy and has a good quality of life although she will not live as long as a healthy dog.
We took more X-rays of Toad’s skull. Now that we have had Toad for a long time and learned about her issues more than when we first met her, we are able to understand the X-rays a bit better. The first image shows how wonky her skull is shaped. She has an extra orbital bone around her eye socket, likely from the skull of the twin she absorbed in utero, which makes her skull extra bulbous. The red circle shows two sets of hyoid bones. The yellow shows how the vertebrae aren’t attached the way they are supposed to be. The green circle shows her extra trachea, which is not fully formed.
She’s a sweet and absolutely perfect girl who is extremely loved.
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I love all animals. This scared me a bit though lol. I'm glad you adopted her. She is a sweet baby ❤
Great reason to have a charity which highlights the physical defects in/over-breeding of dogs, and also those who are sometimes just unlucky in the gene pool. I am pleased Toad found her happy ending.
That could just be a random defect, not something like Pug Myelopathy, SARDS, or Hip Displaysia. (And with their popularity the backyard breeders, aka puppy mills, are not certifying healthy parents, so it's a c**p shoot)
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She's absolutely pawesome, and I'm extremely glad she's got a great furever home!! ❤❤❤
Crazy and quite creepy! I guess it actually becomes kinda cool once you get used to it. She seems like a cutie and very happy, though. And that's what matters! :)
I follow an account that had this dog as one of the patients! The account is called @Mutts_and_guts. She said that the ear mouth does get drooly. And one time, one of the teeth actually cracked, and there were shards cutting into her ear gums
I think she's cute, just look at that (permament?) blep!❤ wish her and you the best! 😊
This made me a little weepy. The dog was most likely aggressive because of abuse. And the abuse was probably because of the way she looks. God bless this young lady. I'm so glad that dog found love.
This made my day better. Knowing someone would adopt her warms my heart. Even though she has a deformity I still live it, glad others do, too. Reminds me of Kitbull...😍😭
"She is healthy...but will not live as long as a healthy dog" wtf?? Maybe work on your vocabulary?
Sending loves & the best of vibes to ALL members of your courageous family.
I believe ALL creatures who have survived birth should be given a chance with as much compassion in us...Have you gotten in touch with pandapaws.com ? Amanda runs it & rescues dogs that have health problems... She is an angel to the pets that no one else would take on ! God bless you 😱💕🐾🐾
Love given & love received. Fair exchange all round. The basis for a long & happy relationship. Bravo.
Beautiful pup it must have been confusing for her when humans around her reacted to it.
i wonder how her skull would look without the skin mutated skulls are always interesting
they should 3d print her skull so people can study it
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aw, this is right. disabled dogs deserve just as much love as unaffected ones, i'm so glad this pupper has just the right owner for her. she deserves it, as do you :) - cute little pupper.
God bless you all for what you have done for that sweet animal. I will admit she scared me too, but the love I see when you are with each other tells it all. God bless you again. ❤
Awww. She is so precious, and so grateful you've found her. I never heard if an animal absorbing its sibling, honestly that freaked me out for a second. But she is a beautiful and very lucky girl to have found you. Thank you for showing her the love she so much deserves 🥰😊
Is she in pain? That "second mouth" looks uncomfortable. She seems to be so sweet and friendly. I'm happy she was given an opportunity to live and be loved. I hope you two can spend many years together!
Ya know, he's kinda cute once you look at the pictures and get used to it.
It would be cool if that mouth was connected to the stomach then she could eat twice as fast
Dogs eat a s**t-ton of food (and whatever else) when they only have one mouth!
Why hasn't the dog received surgery to try and fix this...not even vestigial... structure
Surgery is always risky, and expensive. And if it doesn't hinder the dogs life, then there no reason to do it. They don't do cosmetic surgery for dogs
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It is the fault of people who keep buying dogs, where there's demand there will be supply. Not all breeders inbreed dogs or have puppy mills but there are so many homeless dogs out there, people should adopt instead
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Why are you talking about yourself in the third person?
Load More Replies... I love all animals. This scared me a bit though lol. I'm glad you adopted her. She is a sweet baby ❤
Great reason to have a charity which highlights the physical defects in/over-breeding of dogs, and also those who are sometimes just unlucky in the gene pool. I am pleased Toad found her happy ending.
That could just be a random defect, not something like Pug Myelopathy, SARDS, or Hip Displaysia. (And with their popularity the backyard breeders, aka puppy mills, are not certifying healthy parents, so it's a c**p shoot)
Load More Replies... She's absolutely pawesome, and I'm extremely glad she's got a great furever home!! ❤❤❤
Crazy and quite creepy! I guess it actually becomes kinda cool once you get used to it. She seems like a cutie and very happy, though. And that's what matters! :)
I follow an account that had this dog as one of the patients! The account is called @Mutts_and_guts. She said that the ear mouth does get drooly. And one time, one of the teeth actually cracked, and there were shards cutting into her ear gums
I think she's cute, just look at that (permament?) blep!❤ wish her and you the best! 😊
This made me a little weepy. The dog was most likely aggressive because of abuse. And the abuse was probably because of the way she looks. God bless this young lady. I'm so glad that dog found love.
This made my day better. Knowing someone would adopt her warms my heart. Even though she has a deformity I still live it, glad others do, too. Reminds me of Kitbull...😍😭
"She is healthy...but will not live as long as a healthy dog" wtf?? Maybe work on your vocabulary?
Sending loves & the best of vibes to ALL members of your courageous family.
I believe ALL creatures who have survived birth should be given a chance with as much compassion in us...Have you gotten in touch with pandapaws.com ? Amanda runs it & rescues dogs that have health problems... She is an angel to the pets that no one else would take on ! God bless you 😱💕🐾🐾
Love given & love received. Fair exchange all round. The basis for a long & happy relationship. Bravo.
Beautiful pup it must have been confusing for her when humans around her reacted to it.
i wonder how her skull would look without the skin mutated skulls are always interesting
they should 3d print her skull so people can study it
Load More Replies... aw, this is right. disabled dogs deserve just as much love as unaffected ones, i'm so glad this pupper has just the right owner for her. she deserves it, as do you :) - cute little pupper.
God bless you all for what you have done for that sweet animal. I will admit she scared me too, but the love I see when you are with each other tells it all. God bless you again. ❤
Awww. She is so precious, and so grateful you've found her. I never heard if an animal absorbing its sibling, honestly that freaked me out for a second. But she is a beautiful and very lucky girl to have found you. Thank you for showing her the love she so much deserves 🥰😊
Is she in pain? That "second mouth" looks uncomfortable. She seems to be so sweet and friendly. I'm happy she was given an opportunity to live and be loved. I hope you two can spend many years together!
Ya know, he's kinda cute once you look at the pictures and get used to it.
It would be cool if that mouth was connected to the stomach then she could eat twice as fast
Dogs eat a s**t-ton of food (and whatever else) when they only have one mouth!
Why hasn't the dog received surgery to try and fix this...not even vestigial... structure
Surgery is always risky, and expensive. And if it doesn't hinder the dogs life, then there no reason to do it. They don't do cosmetic surgery for dogs
Load More Replies... It is the fault of people who keep buying dogs, where there's demand there will be supply. Not all breeders inbreed dogs or have puppy mills but there are so many homeless dogs out there, people should adopt instead
Load More Replies... Why are you talking about yourself in the third person?
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