Hi,
I had the pennhip done on my 16 week old puppy to see if he needed a JPS. The results are back but my vet says he's not qualified to interpret them. My pup scored a .56 on each hip. The report says that his score is better than 70% of the cane corsos tested. Still tht fact that .56 is on a scale of .2 to 1 doesnt sound all the great to me. Does anyone know what this means, or better yet at what number one should consider a JPS.
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Hi,
I had the pennhip done on my 16 week old puppy to see if he needed a JPS. The results are back but my vet says he's not qualified to interpret them. My pup scored a .56 on each hip. The report says that his score is better than 70% of the cane corsos tested. Still tht fact that .56 is on a scale of .2 to 1 doesnt sound all the great to me. Does anyone know what this means, or better yet at what number one should consider a JPS.
This was a PennHip-certified vet. In fact, I got his name off the pennhip website. As it turns out, the certification is only to do the procedure. Pennhipp doesnt train how to use the information for the purpose of surgery. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
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PennHip scores are just a way to EVALUATE the health of our dogs hips. It's not supposed to say 'go get any surgery' though if the hips are obviously awful with DJD started, any vet can look at that and see a problem.
PennHIP is such an advanced tool for the serious breeder. The inescapable conclusions are that:
1. Tighter Is better;
2. Position and technique (better tools) can discover covert laxity;
3. PennHIP is more accurate as well as reliable and repeatable.
Keeping in mind that ALL dogs with Hip Dysplasia have loose hips, but not all dogs with loose hips have HD, the laxity (looseness) IS a good indicator for the future health of our dogs hips. And knowing your dogs PennHip scores, and wanting to keep them tight in your breeding program, allows to breed to another dog with even tighter hip scores.
PennHip and International Canine Genetics, the company that markets PennHip and manages the data base, do not make specific recommendations about breeding specific dogs; they leave that decision to the breeder. In general, their advice would be to breed only those dogs in the top 50 percent, those with tightest hips (or the lowest DI) as compared to other dogs of that breed. It is presumed that, as dogs with tighter hips are bred to each other, the average DI will decrease. leading to tighter, healthier hips and a decreased incidence of hip dysplasia.
While no one promises that the PennHip method of measuring hip joint laxity will be 100 percent accurate in predicting which dogs will develop hip dysplasia, it is superior to any other available diagnostic method. As more breeders become aware of PennHip testing and more veterinarians become certified in the method, it is sure to become more widely available and more familiar to dog breeders and owners.
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Does anyone know how to interpret a Pennhip score?
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