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TIBETAN TERRIER HEALTH WELFARE FOUNDATION Working for a Happy Healthy Future for All Tibetan Terriers The Tibetan Terrier Health and Welfare Foundation TTHWF is a nonprofit 501 c 3 organization established in 2007 under the auspices of the Tibetan Terrier Club of America TTCA to ensure a healthy future for the breed. Through the support of generous donors the TTHWF our mailing list for updates on important issues Rescue Fund The Foundation provides rescue funds for the Tibetan Terrier Club of America rescue programs . Go to TTCA RESCUE May 24 2021 Test for Pituitary Dwarfism in Tibetan Terriers Now Available On April 23 2021 researchers at Michigan State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory published a research article that identified a mutation causing Pituitary Dwarfism in Tibetan Terriers LINK . Affected pups appear normal at birth but thereafter do not gain weight or grow at the same rate as their normal littermates.