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by Blitzen on 12 April 2013 - 23:04
Thanks for responding to my question. You do a better job than I do. I have never submitted an xray to OFA that won't pass. Maybe I should.
by SitasMom on 12 April 2013 - 23:04
We all should submit all X-rays, passing or not.
Its not easy, but its necessary.
Its not easy, but its necessary.
by vonissk on 13 April 2013 - 01:04
I agree Kim. I sent some in recently that I felt like wouldn't pass, and they were a mild. I'm not sorry I sent them in. My personal opinion is they all should be sent in rather than people hiding them and acting like it never happened. Laxity is one thing but all the remodeling and all that is something different and I feel I need to know that.................Kudos to you for taking her in and caring for her--sounds like she really needed someone.
by B.Andersen on 13 April 2013 - 09:04
Moderate
by joanro on 13 April 2013 - 10:04
The problem I see with sending exrays in of a " rescue" is that unless you have proof ( registration papers accompanying the dog, or DNA), sending in from a dog that is supposed to be factored into the breed percentage, may not even be a pure GSD. I've seen more dogs called GSDs that were questionable, at best, as to purity. Most look like mongrels and are said by the rescues to be GSDs. So, unregistered, rescue dogs are false statistics; OFA takes the word of sender as to the breed of the dog whose hips they are evaluating.
by Blitzen on 13 April 2013 - 10:04
Currently there are 117 GSD rated severe and 478 rated moderate on the OFA website. Many don't have the parents or sibs identified, so are of little value overall other than to add to the bottom line statistically. Some ASL breeders have used negative hip results to discredit their competition so that may explain why some don't want to submit "bad" xrays or why they submit them using an alias and not the dog's actual registered name. Also there is the cost factor.
by SitasMom on 13 April 2013 - 10:04
Joarno - she is a rescued purebred GSD with pink papers from Germany. microchip matches number on pedigree. i would never send in x-rays of a half breed and say its purebred, plus the veterinarian who took the x-rays must approve and sign the paperwork.
by Blitzen on 13 April 2013 - 10:04
Kim, do you have to "sign in the box" in order for the dog's name and results to be included in the OFA searchable database? I haven't sent an xray of my own to OFA for years, I think the form has changed since them.
by SitasMom on 13 April 2013 - 10:04
Correct. If results are not normal, the owner must sign to allow the results to be included in the database of results for others to see. Even without signing in the box, the OFA sends their findings back to the owner and indludes the findings in the statistics.
by Blitzen on 13 April 2013 - 11:04
Gotcha! Essentially unless that box is checked the only value in submitting an xray that obviously won't pass is to included that dog in the numerical count. That would give no information whatsoever about the dog's family history so would be of no use to breeders other than to get a better idea of the percentage of HD in the breed?
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