Opinion on these hip x-ray - Page 1

Picture is a bit fussy but I would like your opinion on this x-ray.

How old? Tranquilized? Assume a female, when was she last in season? Are those buckshots?

18 months, had something just to relax her, last season was 2 months ago , the spots are light spot from the camera.

the positioning is reasonable - the knees are turned in properly so the hips should look tighter than they do - they are pretty lax (not tight enough in the socketes) and so I would guess "fair" or borderline/mild from OFA.

molly

the positioning is reasonable - the knees are turned in properly so the hips should look tighter than they do - they are pretty lax (not tight enough in the socketes) and so I would guess "fair" or borderline/mild from OFA.

molly

Positioning is optimal. I'm also curious as to when your girl was in heat. I would guess, (1) OFA "fair" (possibly,"good"); SV HD "normal" (possibly, "fast normal").

Immobilization via buckshot?

Ummmm, tough call for me although it's a well positioned xray.  Best guess is OFA preliminary fair at this age, but wouldn't be too surprised if they'd say borderline. Since you can't get a number on her til she's 24 months, another xray will be needed if you intend to send the xray to OFA. It will be interesting to see if anything has changed by then. If not, then she should get a fair or better. SV? Don't know, so will have to go with Louise on that one.

Buckshot!

That reminds me of the time I went away on vacation, Theo was just a puppy,
and I called home to see how my mutts were doing, and my daughter told me
one of the neighbors were using Theo & his mom for target practice, they had
both escaped from the yard, but eventually came back.(it was a be-be gun)

When I got home I noticed Theo>(VON RYAN) (Of course, who else do I talk about ALL the time).....................

Anyway he had what looked like a tooth mark on his
front leg, it was a hole in front & a hole in the back of the leg.

So I brought him in & got x-rays on it, they didn't see anything at all in it.

It just healed on it's own, but he has a lump on his left front leg, you can't
notice it unless you already know it's there, it's round & feels like a bone.
and it sticks out, it's almost the size of a marble.

Needless to say, those neighbors have moved out of the neighborhood,
AW........

Getting back to the subject, I don't like the look of the left hip,it looks as though
it could be considered as mild from the OFA Drs.

Although the knees are lining up, the picture seems on the left side anyway,
to be twisted or up higher than the right side, I'd say redo them.

her  left hip  ( right side on screen ) is subluxed and I can see a tiny bone change  on the femur head and thickening of the femural neck .That would make me nervous  for  the possibility of a non passing rating. positioning is  good .   this x -ray would not go "a" normal   maybe  a noch zugelassen and that would be a squezze  ... check the size of the left  femurs and the neck   compared to the right ( left side of the screen )  . un even development   ........

if you send this one in I would really be interested on the rating

Pia

Asymmetrical appearing heads a factor of positioning, Take a look at this example of asymmetry of hips that were recently rated as OFA "good".