Curious about your thoughts on this xray - Page 1

I had these done a few months ago on my puppy (I am skittish about hips, and I needed to know then because the full purchase was going to be based upon his initial pennhip scores...he was fivish months old when I had them done).

This is the first of the three xrays they took for the pennhip...I have the other two if you are interested...but I just wanted your opinions on the extension view.

I'll be doing both of mine again between ages of 18-24 months with the pennhip....and OFA'ing too O.o  My females appointment for her prelims comes up in about a month (a month after she comes out of heat at least O.o)

Thanks

~Cate

sockets look deep enough, the hips could be seated tighter but depending on the age of the puppy (I suspect young from your post) this can be normal laxity.  I think the hips look fine.

molly

The Cranials and Dorsals look good. Exercise and RAW diet for a better joint, rim and edge @ 18-24 months. PennHip is by far better than OFA, Pennsylvania focuses on individual breeds and keeps a database on specifics for student education. Pennsylvania also promotes the VMD instead of the DVM. Beautiful Ray.

They look nice and tight to me. The lines you see on the ball joint, and the head of the femur are the places where the bones are still growing (growth plates) and are quite normal.

What breed?

Baby Eagle, I am confused by your post. The vet school at the University of PA issues the degree of VMD to it's grads while all other vet schools in the US issue a DVM.  Is that what you are talking about?

Ya pretty much.

That's my White Shepherd male.  He ended up coming back with .33/.32 laxity in his hips, which is 80th percentile for Shepherds.

I was also kind of wondering about the positioning from those of you with a better eye.  To me it looks danged good...so I am a little leary of having anyone other than  my Pennhip Vet do my Xrays (he's snotty about OFA...but I think he'do it if I asked real nice)...It just seems like good hip xrays are few and far between...so if you find a vet that does it right you stick with them...I think since the pennhip vets have to go through classes that helps some O.o

His dam is Excellent and his sire is Fair.  I think he is going to be leaning more towards his damline in terms of hips, which would be nice :)

~Cate

You can bring that down well below 0.3 ya know.

What do you mean?  By feeding and exercise?  I actually just got my grinder so I am switching both of mine back to a Kibble morning, raw in the evening diet :)

~Cate