Hip and Elbow Certifications

[Vicky Whitney]

Thank you, Mary, for your excellent post on understanding OFA and GDC hip and elbow certifications. I decided to go in and "test" the information on my girl, Blackcoral Divine Miss "M" (Maddie), with GDC. Good thing I did! They had her name misspelled, so I was unable to find her where she belonged (story of her life!).

I was also surprised that I was unable to verify the information on her hips and elbows -- only her number was listed, not the scores. So what if I were a PPO who happened to see Maddie, liked her looks, and wanted to research her lines? Can I find any information at the OFA or GDC website, or would I have to order a Kin Report? On the sample Kin Report, I didn't get much information that my feeble brain could understand. Seems to me that would be a little intimidating to someone new to this -- is there no way to "cruise" around, looking at hip and elbow scores of several different dogs or families?

It's been a while since I've attempted to research a breeder's lines, and I'm sure there are newbies (and relative-newbies such as myself) out there who would like some explicit instructions as to how to research a particular dog or lines. Mary-Ann, I think you posted an excellent set of instructions a while back. Maybe while your puppies are taking a nap, your teenagers are absent, and between loads of wash you could find and repost that, please?

Braindead in Montana,
Vicky Whitney






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