Tallia Storm: Raga, a German Shepherd was born with Six Legs, an extra Penis, colon, ureter, pelvis, bladder, and Four Testicles… survived all odds to become a Sex Symbol

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Dog with 6 legs, 2 penises wasn’t expected to live. Now he’s healthy and has a new home

Raga was born with six legs, an extra colon and four testicles. Oh, and an extra penis that had to come off.

While veterinary literature shows a few similar cases, most dogs like this are stillborn or die very young.

Anita Horne, hospital manager at VCA Advanced Veterinary Care Center in Fishers, first saw the rescued German Shepherd puppy last fall.

“He probably shouldn’t be alive, he was such a mess,” Horne said.

But she convinced the hospital’s technician supervisor, Gina Elliott, to foster him for a night, a few at the most, for what most people assumed would be a short life.

One of Raga’s penises appeared to function correctly, but his body was sending fecal matter to the other one, causing him to be hospitalized on heavy duty antibiotics to knock down an infection.

But he kept playing, kept running around, his goofy extra legs flopping behind him, so hospital folks drew up a plan with two of the hospital’s surgeons.

Dr. Jae Tobias, a veterinarian, is midway through her three-year surgical residency and is two surgeries in on Raga, alongside colleague and veterinary surgeon Dr. Nicolas Vecchio.

Tobias said the puppy had an extra bladder, ureter, colon, pelvis, penis, four testicles, and two extra legs that were partly joined. A December surgery took out the extra limbs and pelvis… More