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Sandra Bullock's Furbabies!

Before newborn Louis, it was all about first loves Poppy and Ruby, two physically challenged dogs
By People Staff
Updated April 28, 2010 04:22 PM
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ALL CREATURES GREAT AND SMALL

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Bullock, who shared her beautiful adopted newborn Louis with PEOPLE this week, is already an experienced adoptive mother to two pooches named Poppy and Ruby.

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CARRY-ALL

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Ruby, a two-legged Chihuahua, and Poppy, a three-legged Chihuahua-Pomeranian mix, usually get hoisted up into Mom’s arms. “Where I go, they go,” she told PEOPLE. “Who’s going to walk a two-legged dog?”

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Bullock, who sees her pups as perfectly normal creatures, told PEOPLE that “any dog that is missing something is welcome” in her home.

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A FRIEND IN ME

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And anyway, what’s normal? “If it has four legs and is perfectly okay, it’s got to have some emotional problems!”

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TWO-LEGGED TIE

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By virtue of not having her front legs, Ruby enjoys being carried. “She was born with, like, a little flipper here, and a little flipper here,” Bullock said on The Ellen Degeneres Show. “She’s like a little dinosaur, a velociraptor.”

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Making sure everybody gets their share, Mom gives Poppy some time in her arms.

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ATTACHED AT THE HIP

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Bullock told InStyle that the dogs always slept on her bed with her. “I love them so much.”

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NEED A HAND?

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Special needs pups can always count on Bullock for help. She has said that she works to find homes for those animals that need them.

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THE THING CALLED LOVE

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“They seem to find us,” the actress has said of her loving, though physically limited, pups.

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DEVOTED TO YOU

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Through thick and thin, Bullock has had her friends by her side – human and furry – and it’s no wonder! A dog couldn’t ask for a better mommy!

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