Hip Scores

[at work]

While we are on the pedigree dog theme, if you need to know about hip scores for a breed you are interested in, see:
http://www.bva.co.uk/public/chs/Breed_Mean_Scores_-2008.pdf

It's not always the breeds you'd expect with high scores, either.

 

[at work]

My understanding is that HD is the result of both genetics and feeding/exercise - especially in puppyhood. And of ocurse, even parent animals with good hip scores themselves might have genes for poor hips. So it is very difficult to absolutely protect against.

See:

....If HD was caused by a single factor then it would have been fully under stood and largely overcome by now. It is known that two factors determine whether HD is to occur and, if so, how bad it will be - inheritance and what is termed 'environment'. The former relates to the genetic code passed to the offspring by both parents and the latter to all the outside influences which alter and
mould the growth and functions of the bones, cartilage, ligaments, tendons and muscles of the body...

From
http://www.bva.co.uk/public/chs/chs_hip.pdf