Sold as Dogs in Argentina!

Publish date: 2024-05-17

An Argentine man who bought a pair of poodles at an outdoor market took them to his local vet only to be told that they were actually ferrets on steroids.

Seriously. This actually happened.

The vet said the ferrets “had been given steroids at birth to increase their size and then had some extra grooming to make their coats resemble a fluffy toy poodle.”

He paid $150 per poodle too. Ripoff.

Another woman interviewed by a Buenos Aires TV station claims she got a roid-raging ferret instead of what she thought was a chihuahua at the same place.

Luckily, if you find yourself at an Argentine market, the Daily Mail (UK) has a handy guide to making sure your dog is not a Barry Bonds-esque rodent:

 

Consider yourself better informed.

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