Pennhip or OFA - Page 3

Once the "official" OFA is complete at 2-years of age it is done and over with. You don't have to go back and do it again.  Prelims are just for you and don't count as official results.

The other options is the German SV "a" stamp program.  It's the German version of OFA except can be done after the dog reaches 12-months old.

We do not use PennHip as it's not fully recognized yet.  We will send our girls x-rays to the SV for "a" stamp ratings as they can be dual registered after passing that.  Our male that cannot be dual registered we had OFA evaluation done, he was "Good".

Miss SW...

I would like to share with you the story of Indiana and Ice Wildsteigerland

 http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/user_comments/397610.html

 This could probably open our eyes and give us an insight about HD... just like to share this to all you guys in the board... and remember, were always here because we love the GSD...

P.S. please start from the bottom on the comments... and also check out his photo gallery just bellow the main pics of Indy...

Oli may have remembered this from last year...

 many tahnks again Oli for this wonderful site...

regards,

 Marci

Marci, I remember the story.......

SW, here is the link on the GSCDA-WDA site regarding "a" stamp.  If you want something official now you could go this route.  As your boy is not imported from Germany I personnaly would also do the OFA when he reaches 2-years.   The "a" stamp means more for SV registered dogs I believe.  However it is an officially recognized option that should not be overlooked.

http://www.gsdca-wda.org/a-stampprogramguides.htm

Thanks, I'll check that out.