Hello Pam, I'm glad to hear that you xray your dog's hips but I don't understand your reluctance to spend the small additional fee to have an additional, educated opinion from OFA where 3 radiologists take a look, no matter how subjective.
Take care, Jackie On 7 Jul 2002 at 18:35, PAMoesinger wrote: > OK - sorry for the confusion. > > My definition of "testing hips".......having OFA evaluate the xrays > and only use dogs that pass "in their opinion". That's why I don't > claim to puppy buyers that I OFA. > > In general, I don't believe in eliminating a dog based only on a > failed OFA. Other factors must be considered. Because I feel OFA > xrays are subjective, I don't send them in. > > I will have an xray done to see the hip joint......and then use it as > a tool. I utilize health clinics for annual heart and eye > certification and provide copies to buyers, have my vet check patellas > and xray hips for my own information. this is exactly what I tell > prospective buyers. > > pam > > Terri wrote: > > Pam now I'm confused (what else is new) LOL. In your first post you > > said > that > > you do not test for hips anymore. > ========================================================= "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.
