Re: [pyrnet] dwarfs

["Linda Weisser" <lmweisser@olywa.net>]

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From: ARIEGE <ARIEGE@xtra.co.nz>

Anyway this Mal does not have
the deformed legs but is tiny, has dropped ears and was born with spinal
defects. >>

Do they absolutely know that this dog is a chondroplastic dwarf?  Do you
know if they have done extensive body x-rays and submitted those plates to
Dr Sande?  Most dwarfs are not simply "tiny" and with any limb deformity.
There really are a number of other things that could be wrong with her.
Including, possibly, pituitary dwarfsim.  Some that are not even genetic.
Just because she is a Mal does not automatically mean that she is a
chondroplastic.

It really is very important that dogs like this have correct diagnoses.

Linda