X-rays. What do you think? - Page 3

IMO, the second x-ray should coem back at least "GOOD".

Theresa

after relooking at the hips again the left  hip on the second picture is slowly starting to change if you look closely

also hard to tell on the right  hip as it is too far pulled to the left but slight changes are taking place looking from the top hip.

My answer would be either the same Moderate or worse.

Interesting.  I wonder if this is how the process goes at OFA, with opinions so far apart.  Some guessing that the second pic will be Good or maybe even better, and some guessing it will come back as Moderate or worse.  Time will tell.

Try as I may I cannot see the differences, I am still trying to learn what to look for.

It would be very educational if someone could post Xrays with good positioning in each catagory, I would really like to see what Excellent hips look like.

Therese

I wonder if I had a dog that actually had excellent hips, and they came back as good, because of poor positioning, would it be worth it to have them redone and re-evaluated?  Is that a "selling" point for puppies, or is Good just dandy?

After I looked very carefully (poor eyesight, even with strong glasses) I did notice a tiny remodelling of each acetebelum in the first x-ray, and again the right side is more noticeable.  Evenso, this is happening for a reason. The rest of the joint does not look bad on this dog. Is this dog right-footed and if so is this the result of an environmental rather than hereditary cause? I don't wish to start the 70:30 battle here.

Do Right, I am very happy with an O.F.A. "Good" on any dog I own or produce.

Thanks Again,

Bob-O

It's because of the tension being put on the legs while the upper body is pulled away.  This will pull the femur heads deeper into the sockets.

I should have stated that the first pic above, actually has the knees showing in the original x-ray, but I did not get those in my picture here.   Only time will tell (about three weeks from now) whether OFA accepts the second x-ray for evaluation.  If not, I wonder if this vet will re-do for free?  I never thought to ask.  It is my understanding that you are correct about the femurs needing to be parallel.  Geesh, I had my hopes up that this was finally over.  Thanks a lot for causing me to lose sleep again tonight, oso.