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Originally Posted by mijke
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does anyone have photo of little ARNIE? I am sad that he is reported dead, as the little guy was my best friend for long time, he was ill as puppy and he used to sleep on my bed with me so i could care for him, he played a lot and was real character, as pup he looked in perfect shape and size but then started to fall behind in growth, but remember he was ill at this time, he had problem with stomach and had to have small meals and often, this could of stopped or slowed down his growth, his head was bit out of propotion as baby puppy, and he retained a very soft coat, he had no problems with his joints or cordiation, he had good hearing, definately good sense of smell, and eyes seemed normal, he played with other pups and kept up with them in stamina , i.e. he did not tire out before the others, his stomach disorder lasted for approx 6 weeks, after this he was great, i then went to Spain for 4 mths on returning Arnie was at least 44cm at shoulder, this is what i know about Arnie so was he dwarf ???? could it have been the stomach illness that affected his growth???? would a dwarf have grown to 44cm???? at 44cm he was in perfect propotion just looked like young cwd.........as for Arnie being dead ??????????? i think my friends who still visit the kennels would have told me by now,,,,