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What are the thoughts of those with more experience than I?
Per the OFA site, a fair rating is as follows:
Fair: Assigned where minor irregularities in the hip joint exist. The hip joint is wider than a good hip phenotype. This is due to the ball slightly slipping out of the socket causing a minor degree of joint incongruency. There may also be slight inward deviation of the weight-bearing surface of the socket (dorsal acetabular rim) causing the socket to appear slightly shallow. This can be a normal finding in some breeds however, such as the Chinese Shar Pei, Chow Chow, and Poodle.
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals: Hip Dysplasia
How much of a concern is it? It alarms me a bit, given what we went through with Kodi, but my SO thinks that because it's not dysplastic that it's ok to look at pups out of parents with a fair (sire) and good (dam) rating. The "good" I am ok with - the fair concerns me a bit.
Per the OFA site, a fair rating is as follows:
Fair: Assigned where minor irregularities in the hip joint exist. The hip joint is wider than a good hip phenotype. This is due to the ball slightly slipping out of the socket causing a minor degree of joint incongruency. There may also be slight inward deviation of the weight-bearing surface of the socket (dorsal acetabular rim) causing the socket to appear slightly shallow. This can be a normal finding in some breeds however, such as the Chinese Shar Pei, Chow Chow, and Poodle.
Orthopedic Foundation for Animals: Hip Dysplasia
How much of a concern is it? It alarms me a bit, given what we went through with Kodi, but my SO thinks that because it's not dysplastic that it's ok to look at pups out of parents with a fair (sire) and good (dam) rating. The "good" I am ok with - the fair concerns me a bit.
