Dr. Hutch told me that Babsy's hips were excellent, they went good. He did say that they may go good, but you would have to ask why.
He said Jenna's were good, but Babsys were phenomenal. I was a bit disappointed by the good rating, but that is just plain stupid. "Good" is great.
I am going to him this Saturday with Rushie.
What I really like is that he gives them some sedation but doesn't put them totally under.
While the drive is a couple of hours, the price tag is not any worse than my vet here. He has digital prints that he can e-mail to the OFA. My vet has to go with film. I know it is not the end of the world, but you can zero in and look at stuff with the digital prints.
I like the guy and trust him. If he tells me my dog has a problem, I will believe him. With a vet that doesn't see so many of these, doesn't have the facilities, the techs to position the dog, etc. I don't know, but if they tell me the dog has a problem, I am going to want a second opinion and not just an ofa. I will want separate prints taken. So, why not fork over in the first place and save the second opinion money.
Also, I am very disappointed that when Arwen was pregnant they detected a mass and had an x-ray, brought me the dog back, and several minutes later, they came back and said they needed to redo the x-ray. Ok, but the bitch is pregnant and now I am out of my mind with worry thinking they found something awful. It turned out to be nothing (after an ultrasound at a veterinary referral they sent me to).
Then when she was due to have the pup. I had her x-ray'd because the pregnancy was weird, the temp dropped, no puppy, due date was there, nesting behavior started, then stopped. I thought I was having uterine inertia. Well, I'll be damned if they didn't do the same thing. Brought the bitch back to me, then had to take her again for still another x-ray.
Sorry, I like my vet and all, but I do not think I want them positioning my dog for his ofas.