Opinions on Xray - Page 1

Looking for opinions on the below xrays taken today of my 2 year old female.  I am sending them in for review by the USA/SV A stamp and have a second set for OFA.

Thank you,

Cheryl

she is dysplastic, perhaps as bad as "severe" from OFA but definately not passing.  I'm very sorry.

molly

Thanks for posting Molly, I didn't want to be the first to say that those hips aren't very pretty at all.

So sorry Cheryl.

Thank you guys.  Yes, I am heartbroken.   Was hoping the vet was wrong.  This is my 3rd dog out of 4 with bad hips.

Cheryl

Sorry, dear. I know the feeling.

My condolences.  It's an awful feeling to find out after 2 years that your beloved dog's hips are bad.  I just had that experience with my male. 

I've switched to the PennHIP method instead of OFA so that I can get a better prediction of final outcome at a younger age.  My male passed OFA prelims, hips and elbows at 1 year, only to fail both hips and elbows at 2.  I wish I would have known sooner but OFA won't give final ratings till 2.  Never more!  We had our Malinois done at 6 months with PennHIP, and when I got my new GSD pup (here we go again) I had the breeder modify the contract to accept PennHIP as a valid method in addition to OFA and a-stamp, for the hip guarantee.

So sorry. 

Yvette

Slowly but surely I am losing faith in OFA. Lately I've seen GSD xrays that IMO should have easily passed come back as dysplastic, questionable xrays get goods, better ones get fairs. I had 2 dogs that were rated as mildly dysplastic at 25 months that were redone and got numbers and good ratings 2 months later. If there was any question in your mind about your dog's xarys, Yvette, I strongly suggest you do the dog again or use the SV. I hate to see anyone give up on a dog based on an OFA evaluation unless the dog is clearly dysplastic. I'd have to question one that passed it prelims and failed at 24 months.

Not so fast.  The positioning of this hip xray is bad, with the dog rotated or twisted off center along the spine.  I doubt that the ofa would even accept these.  Have them retaken by a more experienced Vet who has done a lot of GSD xrays for the ofa.  These might be an ofa fair, or fast normal.

Actually I can't see that the x-ray positioning is crooked at all - looks almost exactly straight to me.  Could be a little clearer picture, but I can see enough to see that they are not so good.  Positioning IMO couldn't be much straighter.

molly

Aight - lol - gotta ask the question since I am very new to the whole hip thing.

What makes you say that he's got HD.  Is it that the balls are kind of coming out of the socket?

I have a hard time reading these things I think...mine get pennhipped so I look more at the DI radiographs than anything else,,,,and they're usually pretty self explanatory.  For these what makes up a bad hip?  Is it the fit?  The space between the ball and the bottom of the socket, the shape of the ball, etc...

Thanks guys :)

~Cate