SV "a" stamp compared to O.F.A. - Page 3

Reska
Excalty
If i work my dogs in Schutzund as i do, i do not want to wait until they are two years old to find out if there is a bone problem, And i say this for the Dogs benifit not mine, so i have my Pups scored at 14 months old
July
A Proffessor is a person who is very well qualified and someone who teaches the above average people like for instance your Vet, there is no higher qualification than that title
Plus Which Countries have the overall best Hip and Elbow scores. The USA or Europe, perhaps you can answer that July
Steve

The information is not pro or con any organization for hip evaluations. It is simply information found on OFA's website and is worth reading.

SchHBabe you said, "I used to be on the OFA bandwagon myslelf until I raised and trained a GSD that got Normal/Fair ratings on Elbow/Hip OFA Prelims at 1 year of age only to get Dysplastic rating on all 4 joints just one year later!"

Please read the article posted on the OFA website. It does recommend that prelim x-rays of fair hips be taken again at 24 months.

"For normal hip conformations, the reliability was 89.6% at 3-6 months, 93.8% at 7-12 months, and 95.2% at 13-18 months. These results suggest that preliminary evaluations of hip joint status in dogs are generally reliable. However, dogs that receive a preliminary evaluation of fair or mild hip joint conformation should be reevaluated at an older age (24 months)."  (From OFA Prelim article by Corley, EA, et al)

http://www.offa.org/hipprelim.html

Please note the article does state preliminar evaluations of hip joint status in dogs are generally reliable.

Michele