Can someone explain the difference betwen certified hips 0/0 and say a-normal?

[Mog]

Hi,

I'm hoping someone could answer a question for me. I'm looking at specifiec breeder and all the dam's, but one have a-normal listed. There is an upcoming litter and the specific ****'s hips are listed as "Certified 0/0".

I've googled the various hip ratings, but haven't been able to find out the difference between the two ratings.

Thanks in advance,

Alex

[Chris Wild]

Two different rating systems due to two different countries. But beyond that there really isn't a difference and the two would essentially be equivalent. Both are the highest rating given by each system. The difference is that one looks at both hips and gives a grade for overall (so if one hip is good and the other bad, the rating will be bad due to the bad hip). The other rates each hip separately. So 0/0 is essentially saying both hips are fine. 0/1 for example would be like saying one hip is normal, the other fast normal.

[Mog]

Thank you for the clarification

Alex