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by Csense on 28 July 2009 - 19:07

I was looking at the Jaquenetta website recently and have noticed that there are more and more dogs being bred that have been tested but got BAD results.

I have been to see a litter of pups recently and discovered the bitch has an elbow score of 2!

Any views on this subject?

by myfanwy on 28 July 2009 - 20:07

csence
Have you not thought that it is because more breeders are getting the dogs elbows scored.
A simular thing happened when more breeders started to hip score their dogs,
Also you may notice there are a lot of GSD's with scores of '0'
The max is '5'

by Csense on 28 July 2009 - 20:07

Myfanwy you are wrong the max score for elbows is 3 not 5.

The point is, there are a lot of people not submitting x rays to the BVA

I was more concerned with the breeders that are knowingly breeding from tested animals who have scores of 2/3

by Wildmoor on 28 July 2009 - 21:07

Even though mine had 0:0 hips he had a grade 3 elbows hence he was neutered

by myfanwy on 28 July 2009 - 21:07

Sorry your quite right.
got my information mixed up.

by svbc1 on 28 July 2009 - 21:07

WILDMOOR. Good on you !. Just think if you had only scored your dogs hips and not his elbows you might have used him for stud like others who seem to think only hips are important.

by july9000 on 29 July 2009 - 02:07

I'm not familiar with BVA testing..are they rated a little like OFA (grade 1,2,3 etc..)
Meaning that a 2 means DJD grade 2?
I know that here in america the elbow testing is quite new and some (unfortunatly) don't do them saying that there is no problem breeding a grade 1 DJD..
I think we should JUST breed normal to normal dogs if we want to get rid of this terrible disease, Since we don't really know how it is transmitted and why, we should only breed the best to the best. JMO

Julie

by svbc1 on 29 July 2009 - 10:07

JULY9OOO. Yes agreed, only 0 to 0 breedings are best. The UK. BVA elbow scores are from 0 to 3 max. The KC. say only a score of up to 1 is acceptable. Best to breed with 0 .

by Langhaar on 29 July 2009 - 14:07

My GSD was elbow scored at the same time his hips were, he has a score of 0:0 and 5:3 respectively.

You will also find very few GSDs are eye tested annually in the UK either, even though they are on Schedule A for Hereditary Cataracts; mine has been tested annually for 4 years and is repeatedly got " unaffected."

IMHO hips, elbows, eyes and blood testing/screening (in the case of males for the latter) should be compulsory.

by svbc1 on 29 July 2009 - 15:07

I have never ever seen hereditary cateracts in GSDs , I have seen quite a lot of Pannus from non related and related lines, so is there a test for Pannus ?.

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I was looking at the Jaquenetta website recently and have noticed that there are more and more dogs being bred that have been tested but got BAD results.

I have been to see a litter of pups recently and discovered the bitch has an elbow score of 2!

Any views on this subject?

Elbow dysplasia UK - Page 1

Pedigree Database

I was looking at the Jaquenetta website recently and have noticed that there are more and more dogs being bred that have been tested but got BAD results. I have been to see a litter of pups recently and discovered the bitch has an elbow score of 2! Any views on this subject?

I was looking at the Jaquenetta website recently and have noticed that there are more and more dogs being bred that have been tested but got BAD results.

I have been to see a litter of pups recently and discovered the bitch has an elbow score of 2!

Any views on this subject?