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by wildthing on 12 September 2004 - 23:09

An american dog that reaches its ROM means it got 100 points at AKC approve shows against all breeds of dogs, best in shows, etc. Not Seiger shows for all German Shepherds. Yes, they do hips, nobody breeds in U.S. without doing the hips, lol, of course there are some real jerks that do not spend the money to xray and OFA hips. It should be done and is done on show dogs.

by DKiah on 13 September 2004 - 00:09

Don't know where this came from or if it was a question somewhere..... A Register of Merit is an AKC award given to a dog that has accumulated points towards this award, but the points come from the titles its progeny earn... there is a point value for every show champion and for every performance title earned by their sons and daughters. The Canadian KC has a similar award - the ROMC - I disagree on the statement about hip evaluations, there are lots of people who still don't xray them.... but I think that is a more across the board(involving AKC, USA, show and working people) issue ..

by Dawnmarie on 16 September 2004 - 05:09

if i may add, i believe many are xraying, however, not submitting them to OFA, they look at the xray because they feel they have the "eye" as they have been breeding longer than most Vets at OFA have been working.. so they just evaluate them.. funny thing is some breeders are always right on the money too :) of course that doesnt count and doesnt help the breed OFA statistics, because everyone should submit their xray to keep track of what is going on in certain lines.. i also know some just have had bad luck with OFA not reading the xray properly.. "too many cooks" kinda thing. but just gotta do it!!

by DKiah on 16 September 2004 - 20:09

I xray everyone but don't usually OFA nonbreeding animals.. all the breeding animals are OFA'd though hips AND elbows. Funny you should mention the bad luck with the readings, had a friend who submitted xrays and they came back fair... his vet was shockedsince they were clearly GOOD hips (he used to work for OFA, he is the best!). So, my friend called OFA and was able to submit new films and they were re-evaluated and came back GOOD... interesting because the first films looked good too.... must have been a bad day at the OFA Just an FYI for people who think maybe there was a mistake made, there are things that can be done.... I wasn't aware that anything could change once you rec'd a rating...

VKH

by VKH on 16 September 2004 - 20:09

Does OFA charge another Fee when evaluating another Film for the same dog?

by Blitzen on 16 September 2004 - 21:09

Two brother from one of my litters (not GSD's, an AKC working breed) were xrayed the same week, one in Alaska, one in Utah, 2 different vets. Both vets thought they looked good, so the owners sent them off for OFA evaluation. Both dogs were refused OFA clearance, received "mild HD" ratings. The vets were stumped, so both dogs were re-xrayed and submitted again. This time they both received numbers and "good" ratings. Go figure. This was a litter of 7, all xrayed and all received OFA numbers. I got one of the males back and he sired around 20 puppies, most of which were xrayed and every one received OFA clearance. I have had a lot of dogs xrayed for OFA and have never had any surprises other than these 2 males. I did not see the xrays, so do not know their quality; we all know that bad positioning or exposure can result in a false reading. If any of you don't get a number on a dog you and your vet think is normal, I'd most definitely have another xray done and submit it to OFA. And, yes, you do have to pay another fee.

by gsddebby on 17 September 2004 - 06:09

You might find it interesting that the OFA has 3 veterinarians give their analisis of the submitted Xray. In order to get an EXCELLENT rating ALL 3 have to have rated the dog excellent. The same is true of a FAIR or DYSPLASTIC rating. Also, if you email the OFA,and request it they will give the the 3 ratings on your dog. ie: My dog: Ebonezer vom Haus Darengo was done 2x's One at 24 months and then again at 50 months. On both ratings he recieved 1 excellent and 2 good's. So, of course, ended up GOOD. But for intrest's sake, the 2 different vet's that took the exray's (one an orthopedic specialist from MSU and the other, one of the pioneer researchers in early detection of HD) BOTH said they looked EXCELLENT to their eye. Debby





 


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