Sentences with phrase «ofa excellent hips»

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At nine months he was diagnosed with Hip Dysplasia in both hips despite both parents being OFA Excellent.

OFA will evaluate x-rays of dogs two years old and older and issue a number certifying that the dog has fair, good, or excellent hips.

Analysis scores test breedings on a diversity standpoint, using a scale of 1 (weakest) to 10 (best), just as the OFA scores hips from severe to excellent.

OFA is a closed registry; it lists only those dogs that have fair, good, or excellent hips.

Offspring of OFA - certified parents would be less likely to develop dysplasia themselves, however, it is important to realize that a dog with excellent hips at age 2 may not have such excellent hips at age 5, 7, or 10.

It has been found and is common knowledge, that one can mate two parents with OFA rated excellent hips and have offspring that are dysplastic; or mate two dysplastic parents and get pups with normal to excellent hips.

Only dogs with normal OFA certification (excellent, good, fair) or, in the opinion of a Board Certified Veterinary Radiologist, showing no evidence of hip dysplasia or degenerative joint disease, shall be used for breeding.

An OFA score of 1 is for an excellent hip and an OFA score of 7 is for the most severe hip dysplasia.