NORMAL HIPS YOUNG MALE - Page 1

Could you please show me good x-rays of hips of male please, and explain what needs to be check ? Thanks in advance

Olivier, study the OFFA website, that should help you.

There are pictures of hip exrays on that site.
http://offa.org/

Thanks any photos of german shepherd are welcome

6 month old male, TOP, and the same dog (BOTTOM) at 13 months of age.

You look for (in a young dog) roundness of the ball, tightness to the socket, thickness of the neck, coverage of the ball by the socket.

Consideration must be given to age, muscle mass, positioning, and sedation.

To truly get a real picture of the probability of degeneartion over time, laxity needs to be scored.

Only PennHip scores laxity, and in the GSD breed is a very, very good indicator of likelyhood of future degeneration (or not).

Contrary to popular belief, hips do NOT get "better" over time. They either look the SAME, or they get worse.

What you want to see in a young dog xrays is consistency, and not excuses. The only way to see consistency is to xray MORE THAN ONCE over the dog's lifetime. You would be amazed at how different a 2 year old's xray can be from a 5 year old's xray.

Excuses are why the GSD has SO many horrible inconsistencies in hips between dogs.