[ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Hip question
- From: Doris E <irrenhaus4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 02 Dec 2005 08:10:57 -0800
diane holliday wrote:
>On another list I am on, they are discussing dog breeds. Several
>posters have mentioned that they love german shepherds, but do not
>want to risk getting another one due to the high incidence of bad hips.
>
>Although many of us who have been in this breed for very long know
>the heartbreak of owning a dog who was disabled due to HD or had to
>be put down early, I think that due to responsible breeders using OFA
>ratings, and trying to research pedigrees before breeding their dogs,
>that the frequency of HD in gsds seems to be going down in recent years.
>
>I didn't see the conclusive information I wanted on the offa.org
>website in the statistics section.
>
>I did find that of the german shepherd dogs whose hip xrays were
>submitted, 19 per cent are dysplastic.
>http://www.offa.org/hipstatbreed.html
>
>Does anyone have a link to how this compares to previous years in the
>way of a trend?
>
>Diane Holliday
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>One thing I know for sure is that the severity of HD is not what it once was.
>I have not seen a small pup with a hip problem in MANY years, but it was not
>uncommon in the sixties. I personally have had and loved a dog with dreadful
>hips x-ray wise, who lived to be 14 and never limped a day in his life. He had
>excellent muscle tone, and I think more of our dogs have this today.
>Conditioning can help many dogs with less than perfect hips. Of course, they
>should NEVER be bred. Doris E
>
>
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