DOBERMAN PINSCHER 104 11884 17.7 6.1 We should as the Dobby people what they are doing Terfry diane holliday <dlholliday@xxxxxxx> 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 ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================ --------------------------------- Yahoo! DSL Something to write home about. Just $16.99/mo. or less ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2005. 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 - http://www.showgsd.org ============================================================================