Diane, Did you say this boy is a ruby? Please tell who the parents are, I am always interested in learning more about pedigrees, especially the whole colors. Thanks. Patricia Powers Pratt Cavaliers -----Original Message----- From: Diane Zdrodowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, April 08, 2002 6:07 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] Hip radiographs
>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. > >Diane Zdrodowski >Evanlake 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. ========================================================= "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.
