Interesting. That may explain why there were a coupe of times he swore a dog would get an excellent, and we got a good instead. Ann Marie www.amarigsd.com Home of Ch Fairway's Leah v Nadelwald TC ROM OFA Ch Amari's Beware of Foxy Roxy CGC TC OFA Ch Amari's Elizabeth Taylor OFA (Best in Show Bred-By winner) Amari's It's All in the Game (in-training :)) From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx <Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: ofa quote virginia/anesthesia To: brittaleahnasa@xxxxxxxxx, Showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, sanderhaus@xxxxxxxxxxx Date: Sunday, March 6, 2011, 7:34 AM You and I use the same vet now, but I've always been told by vets that they DO grade harder when no anesthesia is used. I don't care....I hate putting dogs under for no good reason. Kathy, member GSDCA, DVGSDC Celebrating generations of Dual Titled TC'd Champions visit http://www.pinehillgsds.com/ In a message dated 3/5/2011 7:58:13 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, brittaleahnasa@xxxxxxxxx writes: Makes me wonder if OFA will grade harder on a dog tha does not use anestesia if this is true, since they do ask it on their form. Ann Marie ============================================================================ 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/ ============================================================================