{"id":1197,"date":"2026-04-29T06:07:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/1197\/"},"modified":"2026-04-29T06:07:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:07:11","slug":"perths-pet-community-teams-up-to-raise-funds-for-booty-a-toy-poodle-puppy-born-with-no-anus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/1197\/","title":{"rendered":"Perth\u2019s pet community teams up to raise funds for Booty, a toy poodle puppy born with no anus"},"content":{"rendered":"

One year after a buttless dog named Tooshie captured Perth\u2019s heart<\/a>, the community has gathered around a second puppy born with the same heartbreaking condition.<\/p>\n

Booty, a six-week-old toy poodle born with atresia ani \u2014 a birth defect where the anus is missing or blocked \u2014 was surrendered to Murdoch\u2019s Animal Hospital by a backyard breeder on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Moon\u2019s Mission rescue founder Kate Doyle said she received a message from one of the nurses at the veterinary practice about the peculiar case.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne of the nurses knows me and sent me a message to say the backyard breeder was unable to give her the care she would need if she was to undergo treatment,\u201d Ms Doyle told PerthNow.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe asked if it would be possible for me to take her to Moon\u2019s Mission.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"MeetCamera IconMeet six-week-old Booty – the toy poodle born with no butthole. Credit: Moon’s Mission<\/p>\n

Ms Doyle and her animal rescue made headlines back in 2025<\/a> over the medical journey of Tooshie, a cavoodle in her care who was similarly surrendered due to his lack of butthole.<\/p>\n

\u201cTooshie had a massive, massive journey \u2014 enemas twice a day for 270 days, plus five surgeries \u2014 and I had just gotten my life back<\/a>, I wasn\u2019t sure about doing it again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAn hour later, however, I started to feel bad . . . who else will do it, be able to raise the money and give Booty the chance she needs?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe chances of this happening twice (are) pretty rare . . . but it did, so I made the call to help her.\u201d\u2019<\/p>\n

Ms Doyle quickly organised a surrender of the six-week-old into her custody and began making arrangements for Booty to receive necessary medical care.<\/p>\n

In addition to the atresia ani, veterinarians also diagnosed Booty with a rectovaginal fistula \u2014 a tunnel that causes her faeces to pass through her vulva instead of her anus.<\/p>\n

Ms Doyle took to social media to share Booty\u2019s story with fellow animal lovers across WA, in addition to a GoFundMe<\/a> for her ongoing medical treatment.<\/p>\n

The fundraiser and social media post quickly gained attention, with more than $10,000 donated to the six-week-old\u2019s care in less than two days.<\/p>\n

She also noticed the \u2018surreal\u2019 timing of Booty\u2019s arrival at Moon\u2019s Mission, which came right in time for Tooshie\u2019s first birthday.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt honestly feels surreal that almost exactly one year later, another poodle with this condition has landed in our care . . . (but) helping Booty feels like the best birthday present Tooshie could ask for,\u201d Ms Doyle wrote in a Facebook post to nearly 4,000 followers.<\/p>\n

\"TooshieCamera IconTooshie has been a supportive figure to Booty as she navigates the same treatments he received last year. Credit: Moon’s Mission<\/p>\n

The six-week-old toy poodle met with Tooshie\u2019s specialist surgeon Dr Taka Sugiyama at Cedar Mountain on Tuesday, where she underwent a procedure to create a functional butthole opening \u2014 however the journey is only just beginning for Booty.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe is likely to need multiple surgeries, ongoing care, and has a long road ahead before she can live a normal life,\u201d Ms Doyle said.<\/p>\n

\"DrCamera IconDr Sugiyama and the team at Cedar Mountain Vet Referral seen giving Booty a functional butthole on Tuesday. Credit: Kate Doyle<\/p>\n

Ms Doyle said although the condition is rare, the fact that both Tooshie and Booty were poodle-mixes with atresia ani who were surrendered by Perth backyard breeders was worrisome.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn both cases, the condition hasn\u2019t been discovered until they\u2019re five weeks old \u2014 a breeder who knows what they\u2019re doing would have discovered it way earlier,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would urge people to discourage backyard breeding, you don\u2019t really know what you\u2019re doing or what you\u2019re looking for when puppies are born because there are just so many congenital defects that can happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor Booty and Tooshie, their atresia ani wasn\u2019t discovered until weeks into their lives so there would have been a degree of suffering they went through in that time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Doyle encourages others to keep up to date on Booty\u2019s journey through her social media<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"One year after a buttless dog named Tooshie captured Perth\u2019s heart, the community has gathered around a second…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1198,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[2005,152,2004,335,464],"class_list":{"0":"post-1197","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-perth","8":"tag-animals","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-offbeat","11":"tag-perth","12":"tag-wa-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1197"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1197\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1198"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1197"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1197"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/australia\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}