runt or dwarf?? - Page 5

wyominggrandma · 02-01-2013, 10:54 AM

Amazing enough, there is a couple that is planning on breeding their dwarf GSD to produce more. They had a litter with three in it, they are all about a year old and a total health mess, no hair, bare skin, wiry coat, just a total mess, yet they think they are the best thing since sliced bread. No amount of talking does any good...
The female they kept is a year old, hopefully she just won't come into heat.

Mooch · 02-03-2013, 04:33 AM

Oh geez - if I was a vet I'd be soooo tempted to spay that dog if it ever came in for a surgery - people are stupid sometimes.

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Marnie · 02-03-2013, 11:13 AM

She's adorable! Best of luck with her. Hope she is otherwise very healthy.

LittleLady · 02-05-2013, 06:33 PM

these were taken yesterday. she currently weighs 5.7 kilos. she was putting on about a kilo a month but since starting the thyroxine she has put on 1.2 kilos in 3 weeks. she has a tiny bit of hair loss on the side of her snout near her nose which has not progressed too far but has appeared on the other side too now. i'll get the vet to have a look at it soon. apart from that all seems fine. she continues to get her adult teeth. the vet will need to assess if any of these need removing due to her half inch overbite & the risk of them digging holes in her palate. luckily our new vet is an animal dental specialist as well!

i could understand people wanting a dwarf initially but they don't realise what they are getting into. yes, they are cute but the potential side effects are scary & i wouldn't deliberately wish these upon any dog & anyone deliberatly trying to produce this genetic defect should have their dogs confiscated.

bianca · 02-06-2013, 05:05 AM

Thank you so much for the pics and update, I look everyday for any progress! She is just beautiful

I hope you get the results back soon so you can have a concrete plan in place for her.

LittleLady · 02-09-2013, 07:11 AM

we are still waiting on dna test results. blood had to be sent to the netherlands. our vet hopes we'll get an answer within the next 2 weeks. i'm sure i know what the answer will be but i need to be sure before progressing with treatment options.
otherwise, our little fluffball is doing well!

wolfstraum · 02-09-2013, 08:44 AM

Dwarfs can live a normal lifespan if medicated properly and if they have no congenital heart defects...so it sound like you are on top of things....The University of Utrecht in the Netherlands is where they have built a database of pedigrees and the DNA testing as well I believe, so it sounds like your vet is really on top of it!!!

Good luck and hoping she continues to thrive!

Lee

KZoppa · 02-09-2013, 04:29 PM

She's still as cute as ever! Like others, I've been keeping an eye on this thread. Glad she's doing well. Hope she continues to do well. She's precious.

**Lauri & The Gang** · 02-12-2013, 06:19 PM

Any word on the test results? How is Gypsy doing? We need new pictures!!

LittleLady · 02-14-2013, 08:23 AM

we're still waiting on the test results. she is doing well. energetic, outspoken & eating well. teeth are coming through nicely. losing a little more fur on her nose which you can see on the photo but nothing too extreme. it doesn't so much fall out as kind of flakes off with a little bit of black skin? the exact same thing happened to my cats ear 6 months ago & the fur grew back ok altho i believe gypsys may be thyroid related... not sure what caused the cats issue.
we have "graduated" from baby puppy school & will be playing with the big dogs next class, which should do her well as she tends to have a dominant streak!
we can sit, drop & shake hands. also can high 5 as a variation of shaking hands. we forget everything we've learnt in the presence of other dogs!

02-03-2013, 04:33 AM	#42 (permalink)
Mooch Master Member Join Date: May 2012 Location: Australia Posts: 862	runt or dwarf?? Oh geez - if I was a vet I'd be soooo tempted to spay that dog if it ever came in for a surgery - people are stupid sometimes. Sent from Petguide.com Free App

02-05-2013, 06:33 PM	#44 (permalink)
LittleLady New Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: australia Posts: 21	these were taken yesterday. she currently weighs 5.7 kilos. she was putting on about a kilo a month but since starting the thyroxine she has put on 1.2 kilos in 3 weeks. she has a tiny bit of hair loss on the side of her snout near her nose which has not progressed too far but has appeared on the other side too now. i'll get the vet to have a look at it soon. apart from that all seems fine. she continues to get her adult teeth. the vet will need to assess if any of these need removing due to her half inch overbite & the risk of them digging holes in her palate. luckily our new vet is an animal dental specialist as well! i could understand people wanting a dwarf initially but they don't realise what they are getting into. yes, they are cute but the potential side effects are scary & i wouldn't deliberately wish these upon any dog & anyone deliberatly trying to produce this genetic defect should have their dogs confiscated. Last edited by LittleLady; 02-05-2013 at 06:41 PM.

02-06-2013, 05:05 AM	#45 (permalink)
bianca Knighted Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Australia Posts: 3,472	Thank you so much for the pics and update, I look everyday for any progress! She is just beautiful I hope you get the results back soon so you can have a concrete plan in place for her. __________________ Miss Molly Moo (aka The Piranha/The four legged Mouth) GSD 31/10 Raennik Hassan (Cooper) GSD 19/10/11 Paris Tabby Cat 15 years Texas Tabby Cat 15 years

02-09-2013, 08:44 AM	#47 (permalink)
wolfstraum Crowned Member Join Date: May 2003 Location: PA Posts: 8,189	Dwarfs can live a normal lifespan if medicated properly and if they have no congenital heart defects...so it sound like you are on top of things....The University of Utrecht in the Netherlands is where they have built a database of pedigrees and the DNA testing as well I believe, so it sounds like your vet is really on top of it!!! Good luck and hoping she continues to thrive! Lee __________________ Csabre Sch1, Hexe Sch2, Bengal, Komet, Kyra, Kira & Kougar v Wolfstraum ~ - Danger Sch1 SAR - ATB~ Kougar Sch3, Kyra Sch3, Cito Sch2, Alice Sch1, Kelsey CD, Ret ~ Basha Sch3, Fenja Sch3 wolfstraum.net

02-09-2013, 04:29 PM	#48 (permalink)
KZoppa Crowned Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Southern Maryland Posts: 16,158	She's still as cute as ever! Like others, I've been keeping an eye on this thread. Glad she's doing well. Hope she continues to do well. She's precious. __________________ The more people I meet and talk to,the more I love my dogs and their intelligence. Zena GSD 6/1/03 Shasta GSD 5/5/10 "Dax" Thor z vom Weberhaus GSD 3/18/2013 Riley GSD/BC 1/10/05-2/1/2013

02-01-2013, 10:54 AM	#41 (permalink)
wyominggrandma Elite Member Join Date: Jan 2011 Posts: 1,369	Amazing enough, there is a couple that is planning on breeding their dwarf GSD to produce more. They had a litter with three in it, they are all about a year old and a total health mess, no hair, bare skin, wiry coat, just a total mess, yet they think they are the best thing since sliced bread. No amount of talking does any good... The female they kept is a year old, hopefully she just won't come into heat.

02-03-2013, 11:13 AM	#43 (permalink)
Marnie Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2011 Location: Northern Illinois Posts: 466	She's adorable! Best of luck with her. Hope she is otherwise very healthy.

02-09-2013, 07:11 AM	#46 (permalink)
LittleLady New Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: australia Posts: 21	we are still waiting on dna test results. blood had to be sent to the netherlands. our vet hopes we'll get an answer within the next 2 weeks. i'm sure i know what the answer will be but i need to be sure before progressing with treatment options. otherwise, our little fluffball is doing well!

02-12-2013, 06:19 PM	#49 (permalink)
Lauri & The Gang Moderator Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: SouthEastern WI Posts: 13,736	Any word on the test results? How is Gypsy doing? We need new pictures!! __________________ Lauri & The Raw Fed Gang Raw Dog Ranch Winnie CGC - Corgi Mix Chimanes Spice it Up Piquin (Kaynya) - Chinese Crested Nator von Triton HIC CGC (Mauser) - LC GSD Piquins Some Like it Hot (Spike) – Chinese Crested Piquins Too Hot To Handle - (Fuego) - Chinese Crested Piquins Wasabi (Sabi) - Chinese Crested Piquins Super Hot (Clark) - Chinese Crested Banzai, Cloe, Mocha - Felines Extraordinaire Neke, Tessa, Remi, Sadie, Riggs, Sasha, Tazer - DK, Mozart, Zoe - Gone but not forgotten

02-14-2013, 08:23 AM	#50 (permalink)
LittleLady New Member Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: australia Posts: 21	we're still waiting on the test results. she is doing well. energetic, outspoken & eating well. teeth are coming through nicely. losing a little more fur on her nose which you can see on the photo but nothing too extreme. it doesn't so much fall out as kind of flakes off with a little bit of black skin? the exact same thing happened to my cats ear 6 months ago & the fur grew back ok altho i believe gypsys may be thyroid related... not sure what caused the cats issue. we have "graduated" from baby puppy school & will be playing with the big dogs next class, which should do her well as she tends to have a dominant streak! we can sit, drop & shake hands. also can high 5 as a variation of shaking hands. we forget everything we've learnt in the presence of other dogs!

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