What to know before adopting rescue puppies with health problems?

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We are being asked by our local shelter to adopt two rescue puppies with a few genetic problems. One is missing a knee cap, the other has had some problems with his ears bleeding. They are both males, about 6 months old. My question is, are there any other likely problems I should look out for or other issues that might come up? Pet's info: Dog | Chihuahua | Male

Jeffrey Milner · Accepted Answer

It would certainly be very nice of you to adopt two special needs dogs. You should however be prepared to have some medical expenses in the future if you do intend on doing something like this. My suspicion is that the chihuahua's knee cap is not actually missing but simply sliding in and out of place which is known as a luxating patella, an extremely common condition in very small breeds of dog. Depending on the severity of the luxation it might just be left alone or could potentially require surgical procedure to fix it at some point. IN terms of bleeding from the ears I am not aware of any sort of genetic abnormality that would cause this sort of clinical sign but that is not to say that it's not possible. In general genetic abnormalities can certainly happen in multiples but there is no guarantee either way.

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