Possible Dwarfism in a 6 m/o Male Labradorhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/clinical-questions/31302/possible-dwarfism-in-a-6-m-o-male-labrador Hi all, A colleague of mine owns a yellow lab who appears to have stunted growth, and quite a short neck relative to his body size. We&#39;re wondering if he has some form of dwarfism. His appearance is more typical of pituitary dwarfism rather than skeletalen-USTelligent Community 10RE: Possible Dwarfism in a 6 m/o Male Labradorhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/248309?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 03 Feb 2026 17:10:55 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:ded24b9f-a583-4ce7-ae82-a7e03f00c8a5Alun Simpson<p>Thanks for your insight Lucy. I&#39;d had some similar thoughts. We&#39;re trying to work out if he is likely to be producing normal levels of growth hormone so will be looking at the non-genetic tests.&nbsp;</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>RE: Possible Dwarfism in a 6 m/o Male Labradorhttps://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/248306?ContentTypeID=1Mon, 02 Feb 2026 20:01:40 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:04818ad9-9751-4272-880e-45c2b4f0edabLucy Fleming<p>Skeletal dysplasia is relatively more common in labs, I believe laboklin has a test for it (from blood or buccal swabs) so that would be the easiest to rule in or out. It looks like they also test for genetic pituitary dwarfism.</p> <p>If non-genetic, then T4 and IGF-1 testing might be useful</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>