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Borg Svemann,
Woodworker
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Canine Hip Dysplasia is a genetically transmitted condition with environmental influences.
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Albert Graham,
Backyard Pool Drainer
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Hip dysplasia or other types of arthritis and degenerative joint disease could also be a source of pain and cause a dog to chew itself into a major medical problem.
This could be one of the reasons why isolation of the genetic factors that make up canine hip dysplasia has been so hard for researchers to pin point.
Hip dysplasia is a inherited trait - all dogs are born with normal hips and it develops into a defective hip joint if the genes are present.
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Todd Porter,
Gym Attendent
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Canine Hip Dysplasia is an inherited disorder of one or both hip joints that is brought about by a laxity of the muscles, connective tissue and ligaments that should support the joint.
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Billie Kirgan,
Machinist
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Canine hip dysplasia (CHD) is a genetic, painful, crippling disease that causes a dog's hip to weaken, deteriorate, and become arthritic.
Airedale Terrier hips are x-rayed in all breeding stock for signs of HD (hip dysplasia) and are sent to the Orthopedic Foundation for animals (OFA) for certification.
Have OFA certification numbers (for canine hip dysplasia) on both sire and dam.
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Chrissie Tanner,
Homemaker and Mom
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Hip dysplasia is reported by OFA to be at about 3% for the breed though again it is probably considerably higher because of the number of dogs whose hip x-rays are never sent in and because of the number of puppies produced by backyard breeders and puppy mills that don't carefully screen prospective sires and dams.
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Thomas Owens,
Police Officer
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Since hip dysplasia is an inheritable defect, breed only dogs having OFA certification numbers (or preliminary OFA evaluations in case of dogs less than 24 months of age)
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David Rosenberg,
Dermatologist
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Hip dysplasia, a degenerative joint disease common in large-breed dogs, is one of the most common causes of canine arthritis.
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Jordan Jones,
Rapper
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All dogs and bitches to be bred by x-rayed prior to breeding and declared free of hip dysplasia by a knowledgeable Veterinarian or the OFA.
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