HD-Zuerkannt - Page 1

What does HD-zuerkaant mean?

HD-Zuerkannt (hip dysplasie-awarded) means that the dog is recognized posthumously for progeny whose hip quality was of at least average quality or better. He/she himself was not x-rayed and certified as hip dysplasie-free, but he/she were thought to be hip dysplasie-free because of quality of the hips of the progeny. Typically this was done in the days before the "a" stamp became a requirement. Since the early 1980's the "a" stamp programmme has been enforced, and you will no longer see this award indicated for dogs born after the late 1970's. Bob-O

It is true that HD- zuerkannt was done in the days before the a stamp was mandatory for breeding, but it was not done posthumously. A dog could be a-stamped, but there was no differentiation on the pedigree if normal, fast normal or noch zugelassen, he just was a-stamped or not, and if he was, they put HD-zuerkannt in the pedigree.

Thanks Bea. For all these years I presumed it to be a posthumous award because many dogs have this award, yet were born several years before the mid-60's when evaluation by x-ray became the norm. Interesting about the lack of differentation concerning the indicated quality of the hips, but it is similar to the days when the O.F.A. gave but a passing grade of Normal unless the dog failed. I have been not 100% correct for all of these years. Bob-O stands somewhat corrected. Regards, Bob-O