I've had numerous FAIR OFA prelims on puppies certify GOOD at finals (and I generally wait to do finals until around 30 months). I believe that some loosely ligamented pups hips tighten as the ligaments tighten. I've also had a few with GOOD OFA prelims rate FAIR at finals. I've only ever had one that rated GOOD prelims not pass finals and her report also listed that she has transitional vertabrae. She's just shy of 12 years old, has never limped, and still runs and plays with the youngsters with no problem. Melissa www.melanashepherds.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Terry Cochran" <fairway97045@xxxxxxxxx> To: <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx>; "Showgsd-L@Freelists. Org" <showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: "Amergsd" <amergsd@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, September 22, 2006 1:02 PM Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: Interesting OFA e-NewsLetter > 1,000,000 dog would mean they have made 30,000,000 over the years. I > wonder how many pups are put to sleep at 4 months based on the results of > an OFA that came back Fair?? > Terry > Ginger Cleary <cleary1414@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Just rec'd this e-NewsLetter from OFA http://www.offa.org/ on the home > page > under Breaking News (you can sign in to receive it automatically or click > on > the Sept/Oct 06 link) some interesting info on the findings of a study > doing > early prelim hips @ 4mths and the % predictability of that rating on an > adult dog. > > Plus they just OFA'd their Millionth dog! > > . > > __,_._,___ > > > > Ginger Cleary, Rome, GA > Proud member GSDCA and Sawnee Mtn Kennel Club > www.rihadin.com > > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues > ============================================================================ > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Get on board. You're invited to try the new Yahoo! Mail Beta. > > ============================================================================ > POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues > ============================================================================ ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2006. 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 - URL temporarily deleted due to AOL issues ============================================================================