Botox for Buddy?
This is just weird, but here it is. It seems a vet in Brazil is pushing plastic surgery for dogs.
According to the Seattle Press Intelligencer, Veterinarian Edgado Brito can "make protruding ears droop and uses Metacril to straighten bent ears. he uses Botox to fix inverted eyelashes."
Now inverted eyelashes do present a legitimate a medical problem, I remember a dog from the shelter I helped release had that condition which caused eye infection. Surgery was requried at that time, so if there's a non-surgical way to fix something like that, it could be a good thing.
But the demand for pet plastic surgery is increasing, according to the article. And that makes animal rights activists and some dog breeders uneasy.
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Daily Breeze reporter Donna Littlejohn has shared her homes with a succession of wonderful, funny, and occasionally difficult canines -- Muffin, Fritz, Ellie, Mercy, Pilgrim and now Cowboy, an Australian shepherd-border collie, and Tess, a border collie. From strong-willed terriers to weirdly obsessed Australian shepherds, they've invaded her world with boundless energy, wet noses, muddy paws and soggy tennis balls. But they've really brought so much more than that -- like laughter and joy, some unexpected life lessons, and more than a few tears along the way.
E-mail Donna at donna.littlejohn@dailybreeze.com.
Josh Grossberg grew up with the usual array of animals: goldfish, dogs, hamsters, parakeets and turtles. He now owns the loudest dog in the South Bay(Video: Rocket the Dog) and is the least popular person on his block. He spends his free time in dog parks, pet shops and always has an extra plastic bag in his pocket just in case. He also has a cat.
E-mail Josh at josh.grossberg@dailybreeze.com.
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