Re: [pyrnet] GPCA -- and dwarfs

[Kshoffman@aol.com]

In a message dated 10/11/2000 5:26:36 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
JGentzel@aol.com writes:

> What could be more persuasive than the "threat" of disfigured, maimed
> dogs that are classified as nonfunctional in any Dwarf litter in the future?
> Quibble as we might, the facts are that not only limb but spinal deformities
> accompany the syndrome.

Joe,

I must have missed some published research or documented findings on dwarfism 
in Great Pyrenees.  When and where were debilitating spinal deformities 
documented in dwarf Great Pyrenees and in how many cases out of the total 
diagnosed Great Pyrenees dwarfs?  What exactly were the spinal deformities 
and how exactly was it determined it was part of a syndrome?  I don't recall 
mention in the GPCA dwarf health survey results of any spinal deformities.  
Could you expand please and provide some references or citations specific to 
dwarfism in Great Pyrenees?  I'm having a difficult time reconciling what you 
are presenting with what I have heard in several discussions with people who 
live with these dogs and what I have seen with my own eyes.  I would be most 
interested in reviewing this evidence.

Thanks,

Kelley Hoffman
kshoffman@aol.com