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by Psycht on 25 February 2011 - 15:02
I do both. I do Pennhip when I prelim elbows at around 9 months and then I OFA both hips and elbows at 2. Both services have their good points and bad points but if I had to choose one it would be Pennhip because I find it less subjective than OFA. To each their own though. I am just happy to see people screen hips to complain about which service they use to do so.
by Rik on 26 February 2011 - 09:02
I'm ok with either. Like Gustav said, I am looking for the condition of the hips.
I did look into Penn and the selling point seemed to be joint laxity and that it indicates the dog has x% chance it may or may not develop h/d at a later age. I'm not going to toss an otherwise useful dog with good hips on the chance of percentages.
Rik
I did look into Penn and the selling point seemed to be joint laxity and that it indicates the dog has x% chance it may or may not develop h/d at a later age. I'm not going to toss an otherwise useful dog with good hips on the chance of percentages.
Rik
by Ryanhaus on 10 March 2011 - 01:03
by Ryanhaus on 10 March 2011 - 01:03
I am in the process of ordering my own microscope,
maybe after that I will get my own x-ray machine!
maybe after that I will get my own x-ray machine!
by Ramage on 10 March 2011 - 03:03
I also do OFA without anesthesia.
by Jeff Oehlsen on 10 March 2011 - 07:03
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I am also against knocking out a dog unless the dog needs a life saving operation, in some cases the dog may not wake up, maybe things are different today, but I have heard from a couple of people I have had calls from for a pup that their dog died while being spayed, or while checking out their hips, always a chance you take.
I have rescued close to around 3000 dogs in my life. All were spayed or neutered, some were over 6 years of age. NEVER had one die.
When I was in Colorado, we didn't use certain vets, as they insisted on a 60 dollar test to see if there would be an allergic reaction to the drug used. I understand paranoia but this gets sorta out of hand. If your dog is halfway healthy, he is going to be just fine.
I am also against knocking out a dog unless the dog needs a life saving operation, in some cases the dog may not wake up, maybe things are different today, but I have heard from a couple of people I have had calls from for a pup that their dog died while being spayed, or while checking out their hips, always a chance you take.
I have rescued close to around 3000 dogs in my life. All were spayed or neutered, some were over 6 years of age. NEVER had one die.
When I was in Colorado, we didn't use certain vets, as they insisted on a 60 dollar test to see if there would be an allergic reaction to the drug used. I understand paranoia but this gets sorta out of hand. If your dog is halfway healthy, he is going to be just fine.
by jmopaso on 11 March 2011 - 20:03
Taking good quality XRays with proper positioning is still tricky even on a sedated dog.There are some very cooperative dogs who will stay still enough. I don't know how you guys get OFA quality radiographs on wide awake, young, high drive, high energy GSDs. I'd be interested in what those vets techniques are.
by Prager on 11 March 2011 - 23:03
I do OFA because that is what I and just about anybody who knows about HD is familiar with.
I do not like to learn different things which I do not believe give me any benefit over what I already know.
I personally have lost a dog under anesthesia. That is another thing. I do OFA without anesthesia. OFA allows for that. I think OFA is not perfect but it is good enough. If my client starts telling me about Penn hip I tell him get OFA that is what I know. Also according pennhip as far as what I have seen just about all the dogs have HD and that freaks people out. SV or OFA or equivalent is what I do.
Penn Hip is supposedly better on predicting HD in early age but I have seen conflicting results. So what do you get after early age PennHip. Definite maybe.
Prager Hans
I do not like to learn different things which I do not believe give me any benefit over what I already know.
I personally have lost a dog under anesthesia. That is another thing. I do OFA without anesthesia. OFA allows for that. I think OFA is not perfect but it is good enough. If my client starts telling me about Penn hip I tell him get OFA that is what I know. Also according pennhip as far as what I have seen just about all the dogs have HD and that freaks people out. SV or OFA or equivalent is what I do.
Penn Hip is supposedly better on predicting HD in early age but I have seen conflicting results. So what do you get after early age PennHip. Definite maybe.
Prager Hans
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