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I really do believe that HD is hereditary, and later on ( after the pups left the breeder at 8 weeks ) environment is able to change the results to the better or to the worse. I have seen too many puppies with already deformed joints to believe in environmental influence first and foremost.

I tried to research old DDR databases for a while now, but I am not used to DDR rules... The HD results of former DDR breedings were impressing.
Look at http://parchimer-land.homepage.t-online.de/archi2.htm
You need to scroll down to " HD Ergebnisse der DDR ".
They started very early, in 1968, from 1979 on they used "HD free " dogs only, the results were outstanding.

My question: Within DDR they decided between " HD free " - "slight" "medium" and "severe" HD only - there is no normal / almost normal / still allowed...
Have they been able to almost  "breed out" HD or did they call " HD free" every dog within "our" SV rating "normal / fast normal / noch zugelassen" ???

In case "HD free" really is "HD free" I´d be more than impressed, but in case DDR "HD free" meant everything from "normal" to "still allowed" this would change everything.

I am not able to find a comparison, that´s sad.