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The Starchild pupppy

March 21, 2012 by SWestfall3

Only $6,000!

It is a known fact that all chihuahuas derive from fennec foxes, but this one is part gray alien.

Just like the Starchild! It has alien DNA!

***

All the above was sarcasm. Except for the price of the dog, every single word above is false.

Here is the truth about the Starchild.

Here’s the truth about chihuahuas and fennec foxes.

There are some absolute fools who come on this post on semi-regular basis with so-called “evidence” to prove me wrong. It’s quite entertaining what some people want to believe about chihuahuas.

They are no more fennec fox than they are gray alien.

But that’s what I, a self-proclaimed defender of orthodoxy, want you to believe.

Posted in Absolute Piffle, dog breeds, dog domestication | Tagged chihuahua, fennec fox | 13 Comments

13 Responses

  1. on March 21, 2012 at 9:49 am jean

    It would probably get loads of prizes for having such a lovely big head, I’m sick of people posting photo’s of dogs like this on facebook and getting praise !


  2. on March 21, 2012 at 9:55 am Pris

    Is that a puppy? If so, I wonder what the adult would look like.

    All I could say for the fennec derived chihuahua people is: Don’t be like the lady who couldn’t figure out how long it will take to drive 80 miles if you’re driving at 80 miles/hour.


  3. on March 21, 2012 at 11:57 am Rathunters

    Cute….. not so much.


  4. on March 21, 2012 at 12:21 pm Jana

    What a horrid looking little beast! Is that picture from luxpup.ca? (apparently, importing deformed/teacup South Korean puppies is a “thing” now).

    If people want a pocket pet, why not just get a hamster? It reminds me of those creepy “big eye” pictures from the ’70s.


  5. on March 21, 2012 at 1:01 pm Simba

    Poor dog.

    I have to say, if I saw one of those moving around on the floor, I’d be out of the room like a shot before my brain even managed to tell me what it was.

    Like a burnt hand on a stove, sometimes you just know something’s wrong.


  6. on March 21, 2012 at 3:54 pm Kayleigh Brubach

    I refuse to believe that someone would pay $6000 for that freaky little mutant.


  7. on March 21, 2012 at 4:50 pm Kate Williams

    It is not going to live long, That’s the awful part. Some dummy with 6k buys that little critter and it will die before, or at, maturity. All those teacups do.


  8. on March 21, 2012 at 6:56 pm SecondThoughtsOptional

    This puppy looks hydrocephalic — it needs a shunt for that excess fluid so badly. It’s heartbreaking


    • on March 21, 2012 at 6:59 pm retrieverman

      The Starchild skull also shows evidence of hydrocephalus.


  9. on March 21, 2012 at 7:55 pm Kathy

    I think it’s related to the dumbo octopus.


  10. on March 22, 2012 at 3:57 am masakadoshiba

    Dumbo octopus are cool. Teacup dogs are not. The bones can be shrunk fairly quickly, but the brain and eyes stay the same size. I wonder if they suffer from doberman brain disease where they eventually go crazy from the excess pressure on their brains. Maybe that’s why Chihuahuas can be so nasty as they age?


    • on March 22, 2012 at 4:44 am jean

      That one probably doesnt have any brain left. the fluid in the centre of the brain expands and squashes the brain against the skull.
      Dogs who do get to adulthood suffer more and more brain damage as time passes so yes the nast temperment could be down to that.

      They also get photosensitivity so you see a lot of the round headed breeds are always squinting. & they dont eat properly as the appetite part of their brain gets damaged.


  11. on March 23, 2012 at 8:04 pm Jan

    Wow! Hardly looks real!



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