Hip Dysplasia Statistics Here is the OFA on hips but has not be updated since 2010 http://www.offa.org/stats_hip.html?view=2 If you look at the number of GSDs that have been tested to the actual number of GSDs AKC Registers each year it does fail in comparison to them. Now the bigger picture is do all breeders OFA for hips and elbows are not? Yes, the well established Quality Breeders do but the mass producers that are just in it to sell pups NO. Now who does the most pet buyers buy from it is usually the mass producers as they are beginners to the breed, less cost for the pup and they just want a GSD. After growing up with being surrounded by good GSDs looked for certain dogs in the background that I always liked. However, there are always those GSDs there in the background that do make a negative impact on them sometimes. Waiting for the one liner of my message now to appear. :-) Theresa scenecrest.geo@xxxxxxxxx -------------------------------------------- On Wed, 6/18/14, Evan wrote: When the problems of hips became clear, the OFA, Orthopedic Foundation for Animals was established. The very first breed club to support the OFA was the GSDCA. We supported them not only financially, but also by having our dogs rated, and using that in our breeding program. In doing so, we drastically reduced the incidence of hip dysplasia in our breed. We took a steep curve to improvement, and when we reached a point where we were much less likely to have HD in our dogs, we began to slow down the improvement rate. There is only so much you can do, and it is impossible to eliminate HD in any large breed. All you can do is recognize it, and use that information in your breeding program. Thankfully. Evan ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2014. 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/ ============================================================================