Kay I agree with this and think it should be used BUT, I caution everyone not to through the baby out with the bath water, use the dogs wisely do not use it as the holly grail YET! AND unless you know for sure of DM in parents or grand parents ext. I would not through any of them out at this time, I believe it may be to premature, could be wrong, but just my opinion. Deb In a message dated 5/25/2012 7:58:03 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, showgsd@xxxxxxx writes: Right now, the OFA DM test is the only thing we have so I have decided to use it. If something better comes along in the future and I have a stud dog or a breeding bitch I will do that test. I just want to do whatever tests are available as they related to the health of my dogs. ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2011. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================