NY TImes Holiday 2005 magazine section today - Rare white puppy (they
come in various shades and are 10-15# full grown apparently), runs
$5000. "La Petit Puppy" sells them. UGH. They say its a "naturally
occurring" toy version.

hmmmmmm

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/200...IDESHOW_8.html


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Janet B wrote:
NY TImes Holiday 2005 magazine section today - Rare white puppy (they
come in various shades and are 10-15# full grown apparently), runs
$5000. "La Petit Puppy" sells them. UGH. They say its a "naturally
occurring" toy version.

Oh, that's exactly what I'd want - a juvenile Siberian Husky
that can fit into small spaces. Destruction a-go-go!

It's hard to tell from the picture because of the way it's
lit, but that puppy looks like it's got crooked front legs.
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In article ,
Janet B wrote:
NY TImes Holiday 2005 magazine section today - Rare white puppy (they
come in various shades and are 10-15# full grown apparently), runs
$5000. "La Petit Puppy" sells them. UGH. They say its a "naturally
occurring" toy version.

Oh, that's exactly what I'd want - a juvenile Siberian Husky
that can fit into small spaces. Destruction a-go-go!

It's hard to tell from the picture because of the way it's
lit, but that puppy looks like it's got crooked front legs.

One of the signs of a "naturally occurring" dwarf. Which renal failure and
PRA is linked to the dwarf gene. Nice. So someone pays beaucoup bucks,
for
a mutant dwarf, that goes blind, has renal failure, lives a short life,
and
the breeder gets paid handsome dollars for a defective puppy they couldn't
GIVE away, without fancy creative marketing! Hope they named it Vet-Bills-
A-Go-Go

Hmm, I looked at the photo and, IMHO, it doesn't look dwarf but instead the
pup looks like it has severely lax pasterns. I recall seeing photos of dogs
like that (the most obvious symptom was overly lax pasterns even to the
point where the pastern joint touched the ground but actually all the
tendons lacked in proper tone) which were the result of congenital gut
problems causing an inability to absorb certain nutrients. IIRC, yes, pups
with this problem stay small (I think it's more accurate to say that they
are stunted), but they tend to have joint problems (too much flexibility
resulting in arthritis at an early age), further health issues and have
special dietary needs.

Oh boy, you get all that for ONLY 5K?

Chris and her smoothies,
Pablo and Goose

Janet B said in
rec.pets.dogs.breeds:

NY TImes Holiday 2005 magazine section today - Rare white
puppy (they come in various shades and are 10-15# full
grown apparently), runs $5000.

At least it's not the most expensive thing on the page. Y'know,
for those discriminating Hmas shoppers who think that price
equates to quality.

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--Matt. Rocky's a Dog.

"chris jung" wrote in message
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Hmm, I looked at the photo and, IMHO, it doesn't look dwarf but instead
the
pup looks like it has severely lax pasterns. I recall seeing photos of
dogs
like that (the most obvious symptom was overly lax pasterns even to the
point where the pastern joint touched the ground but actually all the
tendons lacked in proper tone) which were the result of congenital gut
problems causing an inability to absorb certain nutrients. IIRC, yes,
pups
with this problem stay small (I think it's more accurate to say that they
are stunted), but they tend to have joint problems (too much flexibility
resulting in arthritis at an early age), further health issues and have
special dietary needs.

Or its part GSD. Most of the GSD puppies I see are down in the pasterns like
that, and its quite horriffic. I saw one in Petsmart recently, 5 months old,
huge (the size of an average adult female) with a very shy temperament and
hock walking in addition to completely lax pasterns. What a nightmare.
I'd guess that freak puppy is either what you mentioned above, or is a toy
American Eskimo mix. Either way, a smashing way to spend $5K.

Christy

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One of the signs of a "naturally occurring" dwarf. Which renal failure and
PRA is linked to the dwarf gene. Nice. So someone pays beaucoup bucks,
for
a mutant dwarf, that goes blind, has renal failure, lives a short life,
and
the breeder gets paid handsome dollars for a defective puppy they couldn't
GIVE away, without fancy creative marketing! Hope they named it Vet-Bills-
A-Go-Go

Looks like a dwarf to me, too.

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