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jmvdwiel · 10-05-2009, 22:19

there are a few different types of dwarfism in the dog. The pituitary is one type and for this type there is a test for now.

this dig doesn't look like a pituitary type of dwarf for me. But maybe this dog did get some supplements of the missing hormoons?? For the GSD this test was validated a little while ago so was this dog tested?

For me this dog has a fairly normal coat (on the picture) , it almost has the shape of a dashund as if his long bones didn't grow enough, but on the other had it has a kined of a foxy head, so it can be a pituirary dwarf but it also could have an other cause.

10-05-2009, 22:19	#10
jmvdwiel Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,061	there are a few different types of dwarfism in the dog. The pituitary is one type and for this type there is a test for now. this dig doesn't look like a pituitary type of dwarf for me. But maybe this dog did get some supplements of the missing hormoons?? For the GSD this test was validated a little while ago so was this dog tested? For me this dog has a fairly normal coat (on the picture) , it almost has the shape of a dashund as if his long bones didn't grow enough, but on the other had it has a kined of a foxy head, so it can be a pituirary dwarf but it also could have an other cause.