Newborn puppy born with no eyes is dumped by breeder who tried to create the smallest 'teacup' dog possible

[Sugar Cookie]

A newborn puppy born with no eyes was dumped at a shelter by her breeder after they deliberately bred two runts to try and create the smallest 'teacup' dog possible.

Teacup, who's a cross between a miniature schnauzer and wheaten terrier, was not only born blind, but also with her bladder attached to her uterus.

The tiny pup weighed only 1lb for the first four weeks of her life, struggling to stay warm due to her diminutive size.

‘I couldn’t believe how tiny she was and I was so eager to get some food in her,' said the rescue home's adoption and foster coordinator, Nicole Butler.

‘Teacup doesn’t have any pain and doesn’t know that she is disabled as she has never known life with vision.'

She was dumped by her breeder at the Big Fluffy Dog Rescue in Nashville at just a month old, and couldn't even bottle feed because of her lack of suckle response, according to Metro UK.

But volunteers at the rescue shelter, who are imploring potential dog owners to adopt rather than shop through breeders, say the tiny pup's good attitude never wavered in spite of her breeding-induced health problems.

‘Nobody told her she’s special so she gets along like every other happy puppy except she bumps into things from time to time and then just keeps on trucking,' Butler said.

In order to get her weight up, Butler said Teacup had to be kept on a diet of a wet puppy food and goat’s milk formula, which was fed to her through a syringe, for the first few months of her life at the shelter.

Teacup is now 18-weeks-old and currently weighs 5.2 pounds (2.4kg) having gained over four pounds since arriving at the shelter.

But even despite her new diet, she still isn’t expected to weigh any more than eight pounds (3.6kg) once she grows into a full-sized adult, even though her mother was nine pounds and her father 11 pounds.

Butler and her family are currently fostering Teacup as the shelter looks to find her a permanent home.

She did note that any owners who take the pup in must not have any other large dogs or animals, due to the threat of them potentially crushing little Teacup under their weight.

Teacup's current foster mom also stated that her new future home also can’t have any steps, but must offer her a fenced-in outdoor area to play in.

Meanwhile, rescue shelter volunteers like Butler are warning potential dog adopters about such 'toy' dogs, which often have serious health issues.

‘Runts can sometimes have issues of their own so breeding two of them together seems very counter-intuitive to me, but toy breeds make the public at large swoon and I’m sure they bring big bucks,' Nicole added.

‘Sadly money is all that matters to so many of these breeders and not the health, temperament and overall integrity of the bloodline.’

Eyeless puppy dumped by breeder trying to create smallest dog possible

A newborn puppy named Teacup was born without eyes before being dumped at a shelter by her breeder after they deliberately bred two runts to try and create the smallest 'teacup' dog possible.

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[cubby]

Teacup is adorable, but the breeders need to be found and executed, it's their fault, all their fault, for being assholes who didn't care about the health of the puppies they are breeding. Just like home schools, there should be no such thing as back yard breeders, too many take advantage of lax laws and do terrible things to the most vulnerable who are in their charge.

 

[Busy Bee]

Cubby, I’m with you! These breeders need to be financially responsible for the care of the disabled puppies. Seems unfair that they can just drop off a sick puppie and then be on their merry way! When you see how some of these dogs have to live, makes me want to see the breeder in a tee tiny ,poop & pee smeared, flea and fly infested cage with a bowl of furry green water to drink.

 

[Sejanus]

Cute little bugger.
I would make some goggles with fake eyes for it to wear.

 

[BuffettGirl]

OK, I could make a small dog exception for DAT FACE! ❤

 

[Satanica]

My first mother-in-law (the one from England) bred Yorkies, but she was doing it properly. She ended up having a pup whose fur was weird and she kept that one and didn't breed him. When I was in high school we got a German Shepherd from my dad's work mate who was breeding them. Even back then it was a huge cottage industry. We got a doberman from a friend who knew or was related to the breeder. I adopted a mini dachshund from my 2nd husband's 2nd wife, and the dog was unknowingly preggers.

Other than those, all of my subsequent dogs were rescues that were given to me or that I found. I've had about 15 dogs total during my lifetime.

 

[DaveL]

Teacup is adorable, but the breeders need to be found and executed, it's their fault, all their fault, for being assholes who didn't care about the health of the puppies they are breeding. Just like home schools, there should be no such thing as back yard breeders, too many take advantage of lax laws and do terrible things to the most vulnerable who are in their charge.

My wife breeds German Shepherds, usually one litter per year. We've had dogs become police dogs, seeing eye dogs, veteran PTSD service dogs, competitive sport dogs, and family pets. What this breeder did is unconscionable, but there's nothing saying this was a "backyard" breeder - High-volume "puppy mills" dump dogs, too.

A lot of the propaganda you hear against small-scale breeders is coming from puppy mills and "rescue" organizations that are actually for-profit middlemen FOR puppy mills. The puppy mills are the ones who have the money and organization to lobby for laws.

 

[cubby]

Just like everything else, I was not lumping every back yard breeder into the bad category. My mom and step dad were backyard breeders and they followed every rule. They bred small dogs, like chihuahuas, boston terriers, pugs and dachshunds. The pens were spacious and cleaned every day, the dogs were socialized and carefully chose their breeding pairs, and they didn't breed for any particular trait.

So I kow good one exist, just we never hear about them, just about the abuses that can and are associated with backyard breeders. Cages stacked up, never cleaned, only fed and watered sporadically, dogs are not socialized, pups being bred for specific but harmful traits, like teacup sizes, that in the end make the pups very fragile.

I love a big beautiful german shepherd, they are the bestest!