Meet Mickey the English Bulldog and His "Padded Bum Crew" General Chat

Malka · Sep 24, 2014

In almost every way, Mickey is a typical English Bull dog. He has a sweet, gentle nature, and snuggling ranks at the top of his to-do list. The pup also loves to play.

Only a congenital disorder makes him the least bit different. He has spina bifida, which in dogs causes incontinence as well as weakness or paralysis of the back legs. Selina and Sandi Kenitzer adopted Mickey from Southern Californian Bulldog Rescue in June of 2012. He was four months old.

"We've been adopting rescue Bulldogs for 15 years now. Until him, we had always taken in older, harder-to-place ones nobody else wanted," Selina says. "We weren't looking for a puppy, but when we saw Mickey online he tugged at our hearts."

She recalls her reaction to meeting him in person.

"I wanted to cry," Selina says.

Because of the disorder, his back legs were splayed and could no longer bend because the bones had fused together. Mickey wore therapeutic hobbles to help reverse the splaying.

Mickey as a puppy. Who could resist that face?

"Feeling sorry for him only lasted about 24 hours," she says. "He was a typical puppy. The only differences were his funny little legs and that he had to wear a diaper. Neither affected his personality. He was a spitfire."

Selina adds with a laugh, "It did take me a few days to get the diapering down. I had to wrestle him like an alligator, but it quickly became our normal."

Mickey inspired the couple to adopt additional dogs with spina bifida, and now the Padded Bum Crew, as they are known on Facebook, totals five.
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The others are...

...well I think you should read all about the others, whose pictures and stories are here...

http://www.dogster.com/lifestyle/dog-rescue-spina-bifida-mickey-english-bulldog-photos-padded-bum

And if they do not make you go Aaaaaahhhhh, then I do not know what will!

Meet Mickey the English Bulldog and His "Padded Bum Crew" General Chat

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