Muscular Dog or What !!!

[tikeyas_mom]

To me this seems to be a hox.... I just dont get how a dog can get THAT much muscle...

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Here is another one...

[3muttsandaboston]

Its not a hoax. It's a genetic abnormality which causes double the muscle. They suffer from painful agonizing muscle cramps their entire lives and are usually put to sleep by the breeders as puppies.

[binka_nugget]

I found some more pictures of other Bully Whippets.. thought I'd share

http://www.k9community.co.uk/forums/...pic=25995&st=0

[Danegirl2208]

To me this seems to be a hox.... I just dont get how a dog can get THAT much muscle...

Its no hoax..Heres a picture of a bull and mouse with myostatin deficiency aswell

[jennielynn1970]

Aawe.... those poor things. I was wondering if they'd have pain from all that, or be stiff when walking. And they get a shortened life span yet. How unfair. Genetics can do the strangest things.

[Hellow]

[luvofallhorses]

are you sure this is real? poor dogs.

[Giselle]

It's real. It's a genetic abnormality that occurs in many many mammalian species as was shown in a previous post. I saw this a while ago. I wondered when somebody on this board would share I too am sad that she'll likely live a shorter life, but that's what you get when you start playing with genes and breeding.

[nancyweNW]

I don't know. I still wonder if someone's having fun with PhotoShop.

[Giselle]

Here's an NY Times article. They're pretty credible to me:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/12/sc...7a1359&ei=5070

[Twisterdog]

That's so sad. Poor dogs.

And you know what so pathetic about it? Someone, somewhere will get wind of this ... and start intentionally breeding them. They will give them a fancy name and sell them on the internet for a thousand dollars. And people will buy them ... the next designer trend, doncha know.

[CathyBogart]

Fascinating! It is sad, but it's really an interesting defect....She's a lovely dog, it's too bad her QOL isn't as good as it should be...