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Hip/Elbow Scores…

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  • Just curious about the different scoring systems around the world…

    Do you breeders, from all the different countries that we have on here, (:D), actually get individual scores for your dogs, especially the hips ??? Or is it just the grading ??? We get 3 here in Aus, the individual hip/elbow score, the Australian Grade, then the International Grade... What do you put most emphasis on ???

  • In the USA, we get for hips Excellent, Good, Fair and then degrees of being dysplastic. If you go to www.offa.org you can see all the different scores that a dog can get. For Elbows, it is Normal, Indeterminate and then the Grade of degenerative joint desease

  • Thanks Tanza :)…

    Off to look at the site :)

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