Also, (Hello Evan) What about OVC, many people prefer them to OFA, or after having OFA botch a reading..they xray at a year... for life, not prelims..so they are wrong too? I have also never seen a dog personally or heard of one that had normal hips at one year , only to develop HD at two years. I am sure someone can provide evidence of this. I am talking about HD not related to injury. Also if it is not acceptable for some, to xray a dog as passing for life, at one year and is perceived as not vaild, then of what value are prelims? Kathy *http://www.victorygermanshepherds.com* *Updated: May 2012* *CH. Elvaston's Nations Cup TC, 26 BOBs CH. Victory's Leviathan **CH. Garter's E-Male of Fran-Jo Anne Isle * *RBIF Monarch's Tarragon v Kaleef* * * *"Victory...*Vires et honestas" > > On Thu, May 24, 2012 at 3:38 PM, <ELG440@xxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Let us not forget that the SV in checking hips, will give an A stamp at > one > > year. We do preliminary x-rays at one year, but do not consider OFA > clear > > for hips, before two. > > > ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================