Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

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Cooper is not an ordinary dog. Due to his weirdly shrunk body, he caught people’s attention on the internet.

Cooper has a rare short spine syndrome (SSS), which involves the screwing and corkscrewing of his spine. As a result, Cooper has no neck, so to look behind him, he has to turn around.

Despite his constrained mobility or inability to walk on hard surfaces or other issues that come with this syndrome, Cooper is happy, now the only dog in the family. His foster mom, or as he calls her, “Ma”, continues to share Cooper’s life updates on Facebook, spreading awareness of this rare condition and giving hope to other dogs like him.

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Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

1. Meet Cooper, a goofy-looking dog who has a rare short spine syndrome and is one out of only 150 such dogs in the world

Image credits: CooperShortSpine

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

2. Cooper’s birth defect is a result of inbreeding. It is thought that in 2017, breeders abandoned him at two months old, as animal control officers found him near a suspected puppy farm

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

3. Image credits: CooperShortSpine

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

4. Image credits: CooperShortSpine

Luckily, soon after, Cooper moved to Minnesota, where he was welcomed into a family with 3 other dogs

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

5. Image credits: CooperShortSpine

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

6. Image credits: CooperShortSpine

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

7. Despite his differences, Cooper, just like other dogs, enjoys life to the fullest by spending time outside, taking sweet naps, and staring thoughtfully out the window

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

8. Despite his differences, Cooper, just like other dogs, enjoys life to the fullest by spending time outside, taking sweet naps, and staring thoughtfully out the window

Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

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Cooper’s Inspiring Story Of Living A Happy Life With A Very Rare Short Spine Syndrome

10. Unfortunately, over the years, Cooper had to see other dogs pass away, leaving him the only dog in the family

Keywords: Cooper | Inspiring story | Happy Life | Spine Syndrome | Short Spine Syndrome | Shrunk body | Extraordinary dog

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