some more dog stories

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/news.html?in_article_id=467985&in_page_id=1770

Maybe they should call her a whoppet - after all, she's a whopper of a whippet.

This is Wendy, the dog whose appearance is a long way from the usual long, lean and sleek look of her breed.


She was born with a genetic defect which has left her looking like the Incredible Hulk of Hounds.


While her head, heart, lungs and legs are the size of those of a normal whippet, her gene defect means she is "double muscled".


She weighs 4st4lb - twice as much as she should - and has bulging neck muscles, burly shoulders and haunches like a baboon. And unlike ordinary whippets known for their lithe and narrow frame, this four-year-old pedigree doesn't just have a sixpack stomach, she has a 24-pack.


Sadly, her mixed-up genes mean she may have a shorter life expectancy than most breeds.


But while she may look oddly menacing, her doting owner Ingrid Hansen claims the giant pooch likes nothing better than clambering up on to your lap to have her back scratched.


"People have referred to her as Arnold Schwarzenegger," she said.


"She's healthy and happy. That's all that counts.


"She doesn't know she's got a genetic defect. She might give you a nasty lick, that's all."

Huge Wendy towers over a regular whippet


The whippet, who lives on a farm in Victoria, Canada, has been the subject of an American genetics study. Although the dogs are customarily bred for hunting, racing and showing, Wendy enjoys a slower pace of life.


She spends her days prowling around the fields, chasing other dogs and horses and sleeping on her owner's bed.


This week the Daily Mail reported on another canine phenomenon, 19st10lb Samson.


A cross between a Great Dane and a Newfoundland, the dog from Boston, Lincolnshire, is 37in at the shoulder and stands 6ft5in on his hind legs.

(of course its not just dogs.. it affects humans too and others and heres a link
http://www.who-sucks.com/people/monstrous-myostatin-misfortunes-a-collection-of-myostatin-deficiency-pictures)

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I just post the stories, for interest.. for everyone

Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

Egads, that's a bunch of freaky pics...

yes the humans are freaky.. and those are natural mutations..

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I just post the stories, for interest.. for everyone

Lord, what fools these mortals be!
- A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Act III, Scene ii

Voltaire said: "Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities."

H.L.Mencken wrote:"The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.”

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. Albert Einstein

So are the animals...and I LOVE animals...
Those cows and mice are a little overboard...

AWWW! I think Wendy's cute!

I would love to walk her in my neighborhood. The brats would be terrified!