When a dwarf is born

[Hanka]

I see it usually on puppy in age 3 weeks. But it depends on photos......

[martiou07]

For me it is very new as my small has 2 months 1/2. What I can say to you for moment, during weaning it was slower than the others, openings of the eyes later, slower in its displacements, an evolution slower than the others of the range…

All this corresponds so that Mijke had indicated to us when I contacted she to know if our small were really a dwarf or then a pup having simply a delay of growth…

Now it is rather sharp all the same, but forcing in connection with its size much less turbulent qu' a pup " normal"

and obviously, he is now the good playmate of my daughters, considering his size, much less abrupt than my adults.

of character, in remainder not less one worthy representing of the race, but in miniature version

the question, how it is known if there is a dwarf pup or not, a question that forcing I was posed, for my part, I had announced my doubt with Margo and Daiva as of it had 1 week, but with this old there, it is too early to decide with certainty. I compared curves of weight made by friends stockbreeders in France. This always did not confirm anything to me…. And like Margo had said, I have had to await its 1 month approximately front to be on….

Here, approximately 1 month 1/2 with is brother Falco.

[André]

Thanks for your replies. By this photo we can tell that at 6 weeks it's already clear.
That would be interesting to see a weight table in comparison with a normal brother

[mijke]

The last years I have seen many dwarfs (GS, SWH and CsW) so for me it is more easy to see when they are very young.

But even the specialists of the Dutch uni will never confirm that it is really a dwarf after testing.
So in all other cases we speak about "possible" dwarfs

But like Hanka did tell after about 3 a 4 weeks you can see more and more differences between normal littermates and a "possible" dwarf.

After all our experiences with dwarfs, it is clear that all of them did have "drinking problems" the first weeks. So almost all of them were also feed by the breeder.
Other signals are like Martiou did write: more slow then litter mates in first weeks, later opening eyes, slower in development.

And every week the differences between normal littermates and a dwarf become bigger (size, form, fur)
In exterior they are different with littermates but in behavior there are no differences!
My experience is that most of CsW dwarf pups are even a bit faster and have more spirit after the first weeks then other pups (maybe to survive in a litter?)


CsW dwarf 9 months and normal CsW pup

In GS and SWH breed I did see more dwarfs that were "slow" (and seems to be "tired") then in CsW breed. But this also can be caused by the % thyroid hormone they still produces (and there are differences between individual dwarfs).

About weight there is also nothing the same for all dwarfs! (I know dwarfs on age of 8 weeks between 1,5 kg and 3kg or more !)
When they grow up there are even more differences in height and weight! As well between dwarfs with P GH treatment as well between dwarfs without treatment.

General info about Dwarfism and last updates of test results is to find on: www.wolfdog-healthinfo.org in 6 languages (English, Dutch, German, Zcech/Slovakian, Italian and Russian)

When you have tes tresults please send them to: info
And we publish te reaults like you wish (with name of the dog or only result and xxx)

And don't forget also to send to info@wolfdog!

[Gia]

Two dwarfs were born in my kennel recently. A male, called Carinoso and a female - Valerosa. Val had problems with sucking right from the beginning, so I had to help her with eating. Carinoso has been fine ever since he was born. He ate on his own and grew well, though more slowly. He is quite solid, but Val is exceptionally small. Their weights can be followed on our kennel site. ( http://k-lee.wolfdog.org/en/szczeniaki/ )The first symptom which indicated that Carinoso could be a dwarf was that he was relatively short – he had shorter paws while their width was the same as of the healthy pups and his coat was more abundant. Val looked exactly like healthy pups only was much smaller.
The male opened his eyes with healthy pups and his whole development was the same except his appearance. The girl opened her eyes 8 days after the rest and her ears opened when she was close to 6 weeks. My observations indicate that dwarfs do not develop like other pups. They behave more like cats, especially Val. They have stiffer joints, so they started running smoothly a bit later. I’m not sure if the female sees and hears well. She bumps into things and reacts more slowly to my recall. She’s much more of a “lap dog”:/ teddy kind of animal than typical naught CSV pup. I can’t say how much they weigh now, because they’re too big for my kitchen scales.
As far as characters are concerned they seem to be more courageous and fear nothing – they were “attacking” the vacuum cleaner when the healthy pups were getting used to it.

I’ll willingly share my experiences if somebody is interested. My dwarfs’ photos are here:



http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...3&l=e13c216872

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?ai...3&l=7efae66fc1


(Thanks to Rona for help with translation)

[martiou07]

Thanks Gia

Like I say Margo recently, when special dog show for dwarf ?

It's nice that you speak about them too

[Hanka]

But they are really so sweet!!!! Mijke, your puppy is "high", I am surprised. She looks on photo like female in normal size. Or - almost normal. How tall she is?

[Gia]

Yes, they're veeeery sweeeet