Miniature GSD!

Caryll · #1 10-11-11, 09:04 AM

On Dempsey's walk today we came across the tiniest little GSD bitch I have ever seen. She was only about an inch or so taller than Dempsey!

It turns out that she's 3 years old & the guy got her from a breeder in the W. Midlands (wouldn't say where cause he says there have been a lot of threats made to this breeder by other 'standard GSD breeders & would be muppet owners'). He says that the breeder is trying to create a new breed, ie Miniature German Shepherd Dog, and wants him to breed his bitch back to her grandfather to carry on the line.

She's fully KC registered (obviously as a GSD) and he reckons that he'll 'make a mint' from the sale of the pups - the woman he got her from already has homes lined up for some 'good miniatures'!

WTF??????

Maddie · #2 10-11-11, 09:10 AM

Is that similar to the dwarfism defect that some GSD's can have?
Wonder what sort of health issues will be bred into these animals.

Caryll · #3 10-11-11, 09:12 AM

No, there were no dwarf characteristics at all - she's just a very small (very pretty, in fact) GSD. Totally in proportion.

LindaM · #4 10-11-11, 09:29 AM

I've only heard of dwarf GSDs which occur now and again

Maddie · #5 10-11-11, 09:36 AM

never seen a small one, they seem to be getting bigger and bigger rather than smaller. found this on google though.

In the German Shepherd Dog, however, there is a lit*tle-known dwarfism that yields a near*ly perfectly proportioned but consid*erably downsized version. An acceptable term to use would be proportional or pituitary dwarfs, even though all types of dwarfism have their origins in that gland. The fact is (or was until this article appeared), many do not know about the existence of this type of dog, even though it is not all that rare.

Pituitary Dwarfism in the German Shepherd Dog

Caryll · #6 10-11-11, 09:44 AM

That's interesting, I didn't know that!

claire_88 · #7 10-11-11, 10:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Caryll

On Dempsey's walk today we came across the tiniest little GSD bitch I have ever seen. She was only about an inch or so taller than Dempsey!

It turns out that she's 3 years old & the guy got her from a breeder in the W. Midlands (wouldn't say where cause he says there have been a lot of threats made to this breeder by other 'standard GSD breeders & would be muppet owners'). He says that the breeder is trying to create a new breed, ie Miniature German Shepherd Dog, and wants him to breed his bitch back to her grandfather to carry on the line.

She's fully KC registered (obviously as a GSD) and he reckons that he'll 'make a mint' from the sale of the pups - the woman he got her from already has homes lined up for some 'good miniatures'!

WTF??????

.........some people really grind my gears.