This is Jethro, the mascot for Gulf Coast Dachshund Rescue. He is one of the 3 surviving puppies of a litter of 4 that was turned in to the rescue because they thought they were blind. He was born with a genetic defect of a hole in his soft palate, an oddly shaped head and bit of a curve in the spine. He had to have his tonsils removed when he was 8 weeks old and still needs another surgery to fix that hole that causes him to have a chronic snotty nose and to not quite bark, but “nyark”