> > I had a bitches hips done when she was 23 months old. I thought she was 2 > > years. She came back with a fair prelim. I breed her. Then I took her in when > > she WAS 2 years old and she failed. My thinking was that if she passed at 23 > > month that she was so close to 2 at that point she would pass when she turned > > 2. Boy was I wrong. Just something to think about.
Prelims are only evaluted by one radiologist and permanents by 3 so I could see how it could happen that way. The *one* may have been a little easy on the evalution but the 3 have to agree so it probably has a slightly higher probability of a correct evaluation. How did her hips look to you at 23 months of age? I have a couple of hip xrays up on my own website. I honestly don't think it takes a rocket scientist to figure out if there is any evidence of hip dysplasia. I can see a problem if it is there so I doubt OFA would ever surprise me. Laura Lang Roycroft Cavaliers ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
