These hips? (X-rays) - Page 1

Thoughts on these hips, please?

Not my dog, posting for a friend. Vet said won't pass OFA, so would like to hear what everyone here has to say about them. Dog is currently not showing any signs of HD.

Thanks

Mild to moderate HD.  So sorry, did you say how old??  Thx  Nan

Moderate HD

I would say Borderline to Mild. Compare these to OFA's moderate and they're not that bad. They look Mild or Borderline on a good day. JMHO

SV Mittlere OFA moderate

She is 2 years old.

Thanks

I agree, moderate.

it's interesting (to me) that you say this bitch is not showing any signs of HD -- Not everyone seems to know that you could have just barely questionable hips and be "lame" a good part of the time - or you could show horrible HD on x-ray - yet rarely exhibit difficulty "getting around" --  My first Shepherd was very very poorly bred - and when we had her x-rayed - the vet said - I can't believe she can even walk !!  yet she lived to be nearly 11 and could still do stairs at the end -- she had sufficient muscles and ligimentation and in older age - she compensated by developing her front end to do more of the work -- soo good for her !! 
 
I'm also curious to know whether this dog is American bred/ W. german/ E. German or something else?  I  had an interesting conversation with a very good vet who felt that some E.German lines actually exhibit "different" conformation of the hip joints - and what would be quite dysplastic in a dog of different lineage - may be just the way this particilar dog's genes developed these particular hips -- shallow acetabular rims, etc...etc...  they're not textbook perfect - but they may not be dibilitating either - except maybe in extreme old age we don't know.

Thanks for the input.

She is 1/2 German Show Line (Kirchental), and 1/2 American Show Line (Stuttgart's Sundance Kid).

Send 'em in. See what happens & let us know, stranger things have happened. jackie harris