Stormy, I have it in my contract that IF they want me to guarantee the hips and elbows that pre-limbs WILL be done by a year..PERIOD! To date for the last almost 20 years I have a 95% rate of companion pups that are pre-limbed at the time of S/N. Mo >I did a prelim of my dogs, pet quality or not. And because I waited to > breed, they were all OFA'd at two, and the sires were, too. I would have > been > devastated in my naiveté if I had a litter and then learned that one of > the > parents was dysplatic or had bad elbows. Enough can go wrong :-\ And > asked my > pet buyers to do it, too. Not all did, but enough to judge what I was > producing in my few litters :-) > Stormy ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================