--- Myra Savant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a reminder though on this > topic.....occasionally a prelim result will > differ from the two year xray... > I think that the > reason OFA doesn't give > them permanent certification until after 24 months > is because you don't > always see changes in the joints until they have > passed the 2 year mark.
I am learning so much from this discussion. I do have a question -- perhaps one of you will have an answer. When doing prelims on hips, is there a greater chance of having a false negative than a false positive? And if so, would this be because growing continues, and a dog with good hips will go bad more likely than a dog with bad hips will go good? So, if this all holds, it would make sense to do prelims to see if keeping a cav as potential breeding stock another year is worth it -- if good prelim --> keep and recheck in 1 yr. if bad prelim --> place as a pet. Thanks for helping me get this, Robin McLeod Minnesota (where Teddy is barking at the falling snow!) __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ ========================================================= "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.
