Kathy - I am by no means an expert, but I wouldn't do OFA's on dogs that young and expect a high percentage of validity. I think the percentages have been posted on this list before. I do Prelims any time over one year old and the finals just after two. The Ruby boy was almost 16 mos old when I bought him. His littermates were all placed by that time and they were running him on. All the other girls in the household (all related to him) were coming into season and they were worried about an accident, so he became available. Anyway, I have this "hip thing", so the breeder agreed to let me take him home to my Vet, have him X-rayed (which I did the day after we got home) and if the rating wasn't Good or better, they would split the cost of his return trip and return my money. Fortunately that was never necessary as he did score Good and his patellas (which were not part of the deal) were evaluated by OFA as well, and were "normal". Hope this helps.
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