Abandoned Puppy Looks So Much Like A Bat And Was So Lucky This Girl Rescued Her
Some puppies are so unusual-looking that people do a double take, and Meeps is one of them. With her oversized ears, missing eye, and tiny frame, she has the kind of face that makes strangers think of a bat before they think of a dog.
But Meeps did not get off to an easy start. After Alesha Brandt’s daughter found her 11 years ago, the little Brussels Griffon needed immediate care, and the family quickly realized she was dealing with serious injuries and a lot of uncertainty.
What happened next turned Meeps into a beloved family dog with a huge personality.
Alesha Brandt's daughter found Meeps 11 years ago. Alesha said:
“My daughter saw her get thrown from a car. She was severely malnourished (weighing in at 2 pounds), and her eye was damaged beyond repair.”
“My daughter bathed her, and she just sat silently in the tub, letting my daughter clean her ... while waiting for me to get home to take her to the vet,” she added in an interview with The Dodo.
Alesha didn't think Meeps would make it. But she did!
That first rescue moment says a lot about how calm Meeps was from the start.
Meeps had a seriously rough start to life, but she's doing amazing today with a loving family.
Meeps is a Brussels Griffon (a breed of toy dog, named for their city of origin: Brussels, Belgium).
She is missing an eye, a leg, and an eardrum, and that's why she has a "signature" head tilt.
It's her ears that give the impression to some that she looks a bit like a bat. They're large, hairless, bald, and oversized.
Those ears are doing most of the bat comparison work.
Just like the rescued poodle and her two basement-mill roommates, Meeps still found sunlight.
Alesha said:
“She has never grown hair on her ears, so they feel like soft leather and look like bat wings. She is often called a fruit bat because she loves bananas and oranges.”
Meeps is totally unhindered by her small stature and disabilities. She runs the house, bossing around her dog siblings (Krum, another Brussels Griffon, and her favorite buddy, a Malinois named Lech).
Meeps is loaded with personality, spunk, and spice.
“Once, she barked at a fire hydrant for 20 minutes, thinking it was an intruder,” Brandt told The Dodo. “I didn’t have the heart to tell her the truth.”
And Meeps is fiercely loyal.
“She is a ‘one-woman dog,’” Alesha joked.
This little dog clearly never got the memo that she was supposed to be fragile.
More seriously, Alesha added:
“She is 100 percent my shadow and prefers to be in my arms or on my lap. She travels with me almost everywhere.”
Meeps may look peculiar and bat-like, and she may have had a rough start to life over a decade ago. But the Brandt family knows she's a great dog, and they love her dearly.
“She leads a pretty normal life,” Alesha said. “Eats well, loves naps, and enjoys warm sunshine.”
Meeps may look like a bat, but she found exactly the family she needed.
After anesthesia left her petrified, see how a vet cradled that puppy back to calm.
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