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 In a message dated 7/12/07 3:07:56 PM, dgshwpromo@xxxxxxxxx writes: > Requiring us to OFA our dogs is only smart. St Bernard's are not xrayed at > all, it is frowned upon, I got this from a former St breeder. We should or > should expect the OFA results before the pups are born. As for the > sterilization clause, again, isn't this just what most of us do anyway? > Shouldn't a > requirement such as this be welcome? > ~~~~~~~~ Stormy Hope California Federation of Dog Clubs www.cfodconline.org S.P. Region GSDCA RALEEF Representative ************************************** Get a sneak peak of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour ============================================================================ 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 ============================================================================