My girls hips, with pics.

[BlackJack]

No digital x-rays available on the island. Any thoughts, vet said they looked pretty good for a German Shepherd and she did apologize at the quality of them.

[Liesje]

I'm no expert but I think the quality and positioning look really good actually. It looks like you snapped a digital pic while they were on the lightbox? Even so they are pretty clear. Nice job.

[Gwenhwyfair]

(in red) errr... Your vet really said that?

Sorry can't help on the X-rays..more experienced folks here will be able to help tho. :-)

Originally Posted by BlackJack

No digital x-rays available on the island. Any thoughts, vet said they looked pretty good for a German Shepherd and she did apologize at the quality of them.

[BlackJack]

Originally Posted by Gwenhwyfair

(in red) errr... Your vet really said that?

Sorry can't help on the X-rays..more experienced folks here will be able to help tho. :-)

Yes, might have been some translation issues also. She was Portuguese, speaking to me in English.

Originally Posted by Liesje

I'm no expert but I think the quality and positioning look really good actually. It looks like you snapped a digital pic while they were on the lightbox? Even so they are pretty clear. Nice job.

Yes, I used my computer monitor as a lightbox and snapped the pics with my digital cam.

[Lucy Dog]

Hips look good.

[BlackthornGSD]

I think your dog will never have any problems because of her hips.

Are you sending the xrays off for evaluation? I think they'd pass--but in the first xray ball of the hip on the right of the image looks kind of funky. I don't see the same thing in the second image, though, so I'm not sure what to think of that.

Nevertheless--the overall formation is good. If there were any significant problems, xrays for a 2 year old GSD would show some calcification and other issues as a result of damage from too much laxity or malformation--and there's none of that.

[BlackJack]

Originally Posted by BlackthornGSD

I think your dog will never have any problems because of her hips.

Are you sending the xrays off for evaluation? I think they'd pass--but in the first xray ball of the hip on the right of the image looks kind of funky. I don't see the same thing in the second image, though, so I'm not sure what to think of that.

Nevertheless--the overall formation is good. If there were any significant problems, xrays for a 2 year old GSD would show some calcification and other issues as a result of damage from too much laxity or malformation--and there's none of that.

I thought about it sending them off just so the OFA could have the sats, but she is BYB dog that is spayed (**** I am sure this is the first hip x-rays in her pedigree for 5 generations), most of it was for my information if I was going to have to start babying her hips. Vet said funky part on that hip was the way the x-ray developed, its a small vet office and they really can't afford the best equipment. I told her upfront I wasn't sending them off to be graded, if I was she would have taken more until we got a good image.

I want to do Immo's prelims and have them sent off to the OFA, he will be 6 months on the first, I was told to hold off till 10 months to have it done.