> laura these are NOT urban legends. i worked at a large vet. clinic that had > a large percentage of breeders. we probably did 25 ofa xray a week, these > were clients that i know personally! ofa is not infallible there are many > stories like this around and they are all true.
Like I said, I want to SEE it. It is amazing that there are so many of these stories, yet not one is documented anywhere. How many thousands of websites I've been to of many breeds--and nothing documented. People LOVE to point out mistakes--if anyone makes so much as a tiny mistake they get jumped all over like a pack of wolves on the prey. So I'm wondering why these OFA *mistakes* aren't pointed out on some websites somewhere. I would love to see the actual xray of a dog that failed but was resubmitted and passed with a Good. I use Animal Clinic Northview for my vet clinic (as you can see on the PennHIP form) and because of Dr. Hutchison they have a huge show/breeder clientele. There are 10 vets there and oodles of techs and helpers. They probably do quite a bit more than 25 xrays a week. Not once in 20 years have I personally seen an xray that looked good but didn't pass. Not once in 20 years have I personally seen an xray that looked bad but did pass. I keep waiting to experience this, but after 20 years I'm losing hope that it will happen. Like I also said, I know OFA can and does make some mistakes as nothing and no one is perfect--but I'm sure it is a somewhat rare occurence. Probably less than 1% in this case. I trust OFA to make a correct evaluation as so far in 20 years they have never done anything that would make me think otherwise. I agree with the analogy of not throwing the baby out with the bath water but there are other sides to this. One is that since HD is polygenic in nature with diet/environment involved, I would be worried about breeding a dog that developed HD unless I was CERTAIN I was breeding to a dog from a line that seemed to have less than the average occurence of HD. Unfortunately VERY few have documented evidence that they actually test for HD--so how on earth does one know if a dog or line has less than the average occurence of HD or especially if a particular dog was producing more or less than the average amount of HD? The other is that so many throw the pretty baby with the *freckles* (or whatever!) out with the bath water but think the pretty baby with HD might be okay to breed--if bred carefully. Just food for thought. 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.
