> Do any of you out there use this method of hip evaluation. If so, why
did you choose it over OFA? I have been to the website, it keeps saying how
it is a "far superior method of testing" but does not exactly explain why.
My vet. seems to think it is wonderful, but I would really like your
opinions before I choose. Do any of you do both?
> One advantage I could see was that ALL the xrays are submitted to the
database, so I expect that you would come up with a far truer breed status.
Quite often what has happened is, breeders have the hips xrayed and if they
do not look good, will not submit them to the scheme. So you would end up
with an false "breed average".
> Another point was that it can be done at a much earlier age. Why
would you choose to do this before the dog is fully mature? unless of
course you were to repeat it at a later date.
> Any input on this would be appreciated.
I am answering late since my hard drive crashed a couple of weeks ago.
I have read everything I could on both OFA and PennHIP. After reading up,
common sense gives me a feeling PennHIP is the *better* way of
evaluating--possibly more so for larger breeds of dogs. But of course this
type of *common sense* doesn't always turn out best.
For the last year or so I have been doing pre-lims on my dogs the PennHIP
way and OFA at age 2. I have also done OFA pre-lims on some of them as well.
I hope in 5 years I will have a meaningful answer. At this point I have
little insight to add. If I had to say something I would say my *gut
feeling* so far tells me that PennHIP is a better overall *predictor* of
hip dysplasia--both with that particular dog and maybe what it will give to
it's future offspring and also that PennHIP may not be quite as meaningful
with the smaller breeds of dogs as compared to the larger ones.
Laura Trunk
Roycroft Cavaliers
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