Jeanie To be scored are the dogs required to have a GA for the Xray to be taken as they are here under the BVA/KC scheme?
Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeanie Montford" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 20, 2002 12:58 AM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] was Tri colors now health in colors > <<<<< I'm curious to know > what breed has improved with selection pressure in terms of HD? Last I>>>> > Hi Suze, > My own vet here Dr Robert Zammit is a breeder of GSDs. He was involved with > the adoption of the BVA/AVA hip scoring scheme as it applies to GSDs here - > (sires and dams are required to be hip scored and elbow x-rayed before > progeny can be registered here in this and some other breeds) Robert says > that you can definitely improve on hips if you score all your breeding stock > and gradually eliminate the highest scoring dogs from the breeding program > over a period of time - I'm not talking one year here but say a ten - 15 > year period. And I am not talking OFA but the scoring system that we use > here. BUT all this goes out the window if you outcross with unknown hip > status or if the hip results have been faked. He personally knows of a GSD > that came here with hips done in Germany with 0:0 hip score (perfect) and > was so bad when it arrived in quarantine that it was put down immediately - > so you simply can't trust some results!!!! I am NOT saying this is > widespread or applies to Cavaliers but its something to bear in mind. Also > bear in mind that he is a highly experienced vet in this field and being in > Australia, sees many,many Cavaliers and it is his opinion that hips are a > low priority for Cavaliers compared with the heart problems in the breed. > Jeanie > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?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:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:LISTSERV@;APPLE.EASE.LSOFT.COM?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.
