In a message dated 12/19/2007 6:18:54 PM Pacific Standard Time, misshereford@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes: Quite frankly I have never heard of a 5 1/2 month old pup being diagnosed with HD in so many areas before and especially a dog that isn't exhibiting any problems. Has anyone else? Oh Yeah. There are just so many bad vets out there I just won't accept anything but the one I trust. I had one that was pre limed at 1 year normal. Donated him to assistance dog program, he was trained, nuetered re Xrayed and put with a handycaped person. Their contract requires they go to certain vets but this woman did not. The vet she took him too said he could tell by looking at him that he was displasic. He X rayed his hips on small film there you could not see the knees, etc. the film was not marked so who knows who the dog was in the film. The pelvic was clearly tilted by a ton so the left hip did not look good but it was the angle. I had the dog redone by my vet sent it to OFA and Certified him. They were still convinced that he was displasitc... He OFA'd good hips normal elbows. This dog was NOT Extreme by anyones standards. And I have many more stories from the last 44+ years. One as early as 4 months.... If this dog is not showing signs then have them re xray in 4-6 months or so.... Unless of course the Xrays are bad. Deb **************************************See AOL's top rated recipes (http://food.aol.com/top-rated-recipes?NCID=aoltop00030000000004) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. 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 - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================