Canine hip dysplasia - Elbow dysplasia - Rottweiler Hip Dysplasia

X-ray examples of OFA excellent, good, fair, and failing dysplasia in Rottweilers

Check out our page showing 10 week old Rottweiler puppies hips.

Please read environmental hip dysplasia - Improper Diet causes hip dysplasia.

Raw diet is excellent for dogs that have allergies.

DISCLAIMER: Von Der Musikstadt is not a Veternarian or health care professional. The Information I have on this website is my own personal X-rays photographed by my Verernarian and rated by OFA, some X-rays were emailed to me by my Vet and by friends, with permission to use. If you want more information and picture of Hip X-rays please check out the links to the right. There are hundreds of web sites that show X-rays for a reference, but If your dog may have Hip dysplasia, I suggest to bring your dog to a professional Veternarian that has several years experience in positioning your dogs hips for a accurate reading.

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HOW DOES OFA RATE YOUR DOGS HIPS? http://www.offa.org/hd_grades.html

Two radiologists reported excellent, one radiologist reported good -the final grade would be excellent
One radiologist reported excellent, one radiologist reported good, one fair -the final grade would be good
One radiologist reported fair, two radiologists reported mild -the final grade would be mild

NO.	GERMAN	HIP	GRADE	EVALUATION
1	HD-	A	FREI / 0	EXCELLENT
2	HD +/-	B	HD-TC / HD 1	GOOD
3	HD +	C	HD 2	FAIR
4	HD ++	D	HD 3	MILD DYSPLASIA (UNBREEDABLE)
5	HD +++	E	HD 4	SEVERE DYSPLASIA

OFA EXCELLENT

18 month old male
Balls are tight in the socket
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round
Hips evaluated in Europe HD frei (OFA Excellent)

OFA EXCELLENT

2 Year old male
Balls are tight in the socket
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round

HD frei (OFA EXCELLENT)

3 Year old female
Excellent positioning
Balls are tight in the socket
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round

20 month old male rottweiler hips hd frei

HD frei (OFA EXCELLENT)

20 month old male
Excellent positioning
Balls are tight in the socket
Knees are correct in position
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round

HD frei (OFA EXCELLENT)

2 1/2 Year old female
Excellent positioning
Balls are tight in the socket
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round

OFA GOOD

33 month old female
Excellent positioning
Balls are tight in the socket
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round

OFA GOOD

2 Year old male
Balls are tight in the socket
Both joints equal in the socket but slight grey in socket

OFA GOOD

27 month old Female
Both joints equal in the socket, balls show slight flat spot, but this can be the point of "muscle to bone" connection.
Xray was slightly off but over all excellent xray.
Pelvis is very thick, openings of holes on both sides of spine are equal. This means there was no rotation from left to right of the pelvis.

OFA GOOD

2 Year old male
I do not understand how this dog got a GOOD
Both joints equal in the socket
Excessive grey in joint, joints are not the same. large grey gap in joints. This is called subluxation. (looseness)

Prelims X-rays

Prelims are dogs under 24 months old. A prelim is normally done before 12 months of age to determine if the puppy should be used as a breeder to continue the bloodline or pedigree.

PRELIM OFA EXCELLENT

12 month old Female
Female was in Heat - Laxity change can occur
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round
Excellent BOTTLE neck on ball

PRELIM OFA GOOD

16 month old Female
Female was in Heat - Laxity change can occur
Right side ball does have grey laxity - goes away when female is out of heat
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round

PRELIM OFA GOOD

16 month old female
Balls are tight in the socket
Both joints equal in the socket and the balls are round

Hip Dysplasia X-rays (Grade 1 - Grade 3)

GRADE 1 MILD DYSPLASIA

Balls are flat
Good sockets and good coverage but balls must be round to fit in the socket properly

GRADE 1 MILD DYSPLASIA

3 - year old female
Right ball is tight in the socket
Left ball is slight shallow and shows signs od artheritis

GRADE 1 MILD DYSPLASIA

Youth male
Right ball is tight in the socket
Left ball is slight shallow
Dogs hip will change dramatically either good or bad

GRADE 1 MILD DYSPLASIA

2 Year old female
Right side ball tight in socket - GOOD
Left side unilateral ball is 2/3 in socket - flat spot
Left side 2/3 in socket, right side is completely in socket
Flat spot and shallow socket

GRADE 2 HIP DYSPLASIA

12 month old female
Right side ball out od socket - bad sublux
Left side in socket

GRADE 3 HIP DYSPLASIA

20 month old female
Both joints are poor
Excessive grey in joint, no socket

GRADE 3 DYSPLASIA

9 month old female
Both joints are poor
Excessive grey in joint, no socket

ROTTWEILER ELBOW DYSPLASIA - PICTURES & VIDEOS

NO.	GERMAN	ELBOW	GRADE	EVALUATION
1	ED-	0	FREI / 0	EXCELLENT
2	ED +/-	NA	NONE	BOARDERLINE (ONLY IN ADRK)
3	ED+	1	GRADE I	MILD OSTERARTHOSIS
4	ED ++	2	GRADE II	MODERATE OSTERARTHOSIS
5	ED +++	3	GRADE III	SEVERE OSTERARTHOSIS