will better position make a difference? - Page 1

Will better positioning make hip look better on this 7 month pup?

IMHO - no.

she was stepped on as a pup, cried and held leg up for about 3 minutes........
dang it.
doesn't seem to bother her yet, but she's young.

I agree, no

Better, yeah, but better enough to make her pass? No. Socket looks damaged, too. Heck, they might, might, believe you if you explained to OFA about her injury. They claim they can tell the difference, but I'm not holding my breath. 

That's a shame, Kim. They're so fragile at that soft-bone age. These seemingly trivial injuries can cause such longterm damage.   I have one I'm nervous about. He got in a tiff with another pup about 15 weeks old. The other pup grabbed him in the leg HARD as he was trotting away and he screamed and didn't walk quite right on that leg for a while on and off. I'm dreading xraying him. I do have the altercation on video, I think, that shows the leg being overextended and that there was a good bit of momentum behind it, so hopefully, if we run across a unilateral pathology issue on his hips, that will back me as far as certification. I was soooooo mad. 

Probably NOT, but if you have someone really, really good to do this x-ray again, I might try it.  Was this dog sedated or put under?    Because you can see a little struggle trying to get the knees rotated in OR the dog is already compensating for the bad hips as legs are bowed, left side worse than right.  Damn.  I'd probably redo the x-ray.  Ease your mind.

Is this a GSD? If you think the  OFA can't be trusted to recognize the difference between an injury and genetic HD, why not send the xray to the SV along with the history of the injury?

I could be wrong but i think the dog in question is an American bulldog.  I can't see diddly because the photo looks sort of soft and fuzzy. And the image is not straight.
Think the dog is pulling her left leg and therefor making for an ugly x-ray.
P.S.
I had a puppy returned to be for being dysplastic. She was about 1.5 years old when i got her back. And i took the dog but i also requested the X-rays from their vet.  When my vet saw them he was furious. The dog had a dislocated hip not hip dysplasia. We had her spayed and placed into a pet home, and when i ended up getting her back again. (Second owner got cancer) i had her rex-rayed @5 yars old and her hips were perfectly normal. She never had a problem with her rear and i lost her early this year to cancer at 10.
This pup may not be perfect but i don't see anything seriously wrong from what i'm looking at.
I would recommend trying Prevention Plus, to try and improve the grade of her hips and i have used this product myself and so do a lot of breeders i know that have OFA Excellent dogs. Worth a try. $30 goes a long way on just one dog.
Fry

Where can I get Prevention Plus?
Will you supply a link?