Health of Dwarfs - 1999 study

Great Pyrenees Club of America

Great Pyrenees Dwarf Health Survey

for year 1999

18 records submitted

Prepared by Peggy Watson

This is the basic data asked for, basic statistics of height, weight, age, etc.

Current Age	Death age	Height	Weight	Under/ Over/ Normal	Age at H/W	Male/Female	Altered/Intact	Marked/White
2		14”	37	n	2 yrs	female	intact	white
2		14”	43	o	2 yrs	female	altered	white
2		16”	42	n	2 yrs	female	altered	white
2		13”	30	u	2 years	female	intact	white
2		14”	40	u	2 years	male	intact	marked
2		12”	37	n	1 yr, 8 m	female	altered	marked
-	9wks	-	-	-	-	Female	-	-
1		18”	35	n	1 year	female	altered	marked
2		15”	42	n	14 mon	female	altered	marked
-	7 mon	-	-	-		male	intact	-
-	6 mon	-	-	-		male	intact	-
2		14.5”	44 lbs	n	14 mon	male	intact	white
6		15”	46 lbs	o		Male	Intact	marked
3		13”	36 lbs	n	3 years	female	altered	marked
1		13”	30 lbs	n	1 year	Female	altered	white
5		13”	32 lbs(V)	N	5 years	Female	Intact	white
5		13”	35 lbs	N	5 years	Female	spayed	marked
1		14”	26 lbs	N	6 months	Female	Spayed	Marked
		Avg 14.3”	Avg 37 lbs			M=5, F=13		W=7 M=8

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This section of the survey reflects the health problems found in the surveyed dogs. A (V) after the notation indicates that a veterinarian has verified this opinion. It may be a regular vet or a specialist. All other comments are owner comments.

Common points were heavy coat and relatively good health. Most described a hearing loss to some extent, although 2 dogs were reported with normal hearing.

Health problems in Litter	Hearing	Vision	Heart	Internal Organs	Structure	Coat	Dewclaws
yes	slight loss	normal	normal	Neurological problem	poor	profuse	normal
yes	slight loss	blind	normal	normal	fair	profuse	normal
yes	slight loss		normal	normal	fair	profuse	normal
no	normal	normal	normal	normal	high in rear	profuse	normal
no	normal	normal	normal	normal	excellent	profuse	normal
?	poor	cross-eyed?	fine	fine	short legs, foxy-looking	profuse	normal
-	Hard of hearing	-	-	?	Long in body at 9 weeks	-	-
no	limited	ok	ok	ok	short upper arms	thick	yes-removed
no	slight loss	Normal (V)	normal	normal

Great Pyrenees Club of America

Great Pyrenees Dwarf Health Survey

Hearing

Vision