In a message dated 5/27/2012 2:35:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rautter001@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: When the OFA came back on one of my dogs, it said 'good' but also said that transitional vertebrae was found. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> I had the same results from OFA on one of my girls 12 years ago. Sometimes she carried her tail like it was dead and the vet from OFA said they could do this with the transitional vertebrae. Here is a good article about it: _http://www.videxgsd.com/lumbosacral_transitional_vertebrae.htm_ (http://www.videxgsd.com/lumbosacral_transitional_vertebrae.htm) ~Vicki Von Charisma German Shepherds www.voncharismags.com My sunshine does not come from the skies, It comes from the love in my dogs eyes. ~~AKC Breeder of Merit~~ RESPONSIBLE BREEDER AND RESCUER, PROUD TO DO BOTH! ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================