Hip dysplasia breeding schemes & PennHIP - Page 2

I think the moderate heritability refers to the fact  the diease can be modified by enviroment and while its known two normals can produce dysplasia its also known that breeds with the highest rates of EX have the lowest rates of dysplasia  I'm not sure Pennhip will get more popular they were in such dire straits a few years back it was offered for sale to OFA  who turned it down though a couple board members were in favor of it. The other problem is people say its not subjective but they are only comparing to the very small number that they have in the database  if any breed were to suddenly increase by several thousand that would change the status of any dog, that dog may no longer have better hips than X percentage of dogs, the fact elbow dysplasia is such a concern may have doomed Pennhip since people would rather get hips and elbows in one fell swoop even then people are only getting elbows done at half the rate of hips   Oi Vey!

"Has that actually been proven yet? To the best of my knowledge, it's still a theory. I still won't be from parents that weren't OFA'd, but I don't believe it's been proven that CHD is genetic."
 

LOL Seriously Xeph, are you for real? What rock have you been hiding under to think that crock of shite?

"It is well to remember the lines of the philosopher Hippocrates in 360 BC when he said “There are in fact two things:- science and opinion. The former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”

Here here DP, shame some people would rather be ignorant than gain knowledge.

T