pictured at 8 months below and 2.5 years above
Birthdate's are removed to prevent royalair dogs being used on akc registrations for disreputable breeders.
He actually injured his left hip when Saber body slamed him at four months of age(he was sore for along time!).so that is why the one hip is a little looser but as you can see it is still pretty good :) but of course they grade to the lowest hip grade. From what I have been told His one uninjured hip would be equivelent to OFA good to excellent ,the Other would be fair.
video and one year old.https://youtu.be/ULsPOPXbD1M
Video at three years.........https://youtu.be/zZkNCB6ATyY
I apparently lost his DM certificate- so I copied this from the OFA sight here you can also see the OFA on his grandparents to !
STEADFAST'S-ROYALAIR'S SILVER
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| Registration: | DN47457810 (AKC) | Sire: | DN38061814 |  No image on file |
| Breed: | GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG | Dam: | DN43098311 | |
| Sex: | M | *Titles: | ||
| Color: | CHIC #: | N/A | ||
| Birthdate: | Addtl. Reg. # | |||
| DNA Profile: | ||||
| TEST RESULTS | |||||
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| OFA Number | Registry | Test Date | Report Date | Age (mos) | Final Conclusion |
| GS-DM7101/7M-NOPI | DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY | Apr 25 2017 | May 15 2017 | 7 | NORMAL |
| Sire/Dam (Click name for info) | Registration | Birthdate | Sex | Relation | HIPS | ELBOW | CARDIAC | DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROYALAIR'S STRIDER VON SNOUTICUS | DN38061814 | Nov 8 2013 | M | Sire | GS-95637G33M-PI | GS-EL34684M33-PI | ||
| Grandparent (Click name for info) | Registration | Birthdate | Sex | Relation | HIPS | ELBOW | CARDIAC | DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY |
| ROSEHALL'S DARK KNIGHT OF ROYALAIR | DN25017001 | Jun 28 2009 | M | MGS | GS-85039E25M-VPI | GS-CA971/38M/P-VPI | GS-DM330/5M-VPI | |
| ROSEHALL'S SILVER ZIVA OF ROYALAIR | DN29512303 | Dec 3 2010 | F | PGD | GS-87979G26F-VPI | GS-EL28371F26-VPI | GS-DM1502/11F-VPI | |
| ROYALAIR'S SILVER BLADE | DN31323811 | Jul 6 2011 | M | PGS | GS-88863G24M-VPI | GS-DM2189/11M-VPI | ||
| ROYALAIR'S SILVER TREASURE | DN32622603 | Dec 24 2011 | F | MGD | GS-90047G27F-VPI | GS-EL29984F27-VPI |
If we were to follow the expample below he would be like an excellent in OFA.
Was trying to find a conversion to the OFA equivalent, with no luck so here's what I came up with. Since we
are really only concerned with the normal range for the breed, Logically:0.250 to 0.397 = Excellent,
0.398 to 0.545 = Good, & 0.546 to 0.69 = Fair. Anything better than 0.249 is obviously rare right now, but
would be Superb if OFA were to go there. This scale ,will shift over time, hopefully toward the lower end of the scale, if breeders continue to persevere in the
efforts to improve this trait. Based on this data, I would consider a PennHIP score of 0.545 to be the absolute
highest to maintain the current status and 0.472 to shift the overall average lower. 0.42 falls below these
"Breeders know what Excellent, Good or Fair means when discussing hip scores," Hess said. "Breeders are typically not educated in distraction indices or in knowing how their dogs hips compared to the rest of the population can help them make objective breeding choices. OFA evaluation does not require heavy sedation or general anesthesia and requires only one view. For these reasons, OFA evaluation is significantly less expensive than PennHIP evaluation. OFA does not require films to be submitted so breeders can elect not to submit films with obviously poor joint conformation. Finally, OFA evaluations tend to be easier to ‘pass’ than PennHip evaluations and many breeders are unfortunately more interested in passing the test than having an objective evaluation in which the result may not be as good."
While the conclusions of the study may seem foregone, Hess said the results published generally correlate with her experience with the two methods. However, she pointed out that the lack of improvement in dogs’ hips is not only the fault of the evaluation method.
Found it see below
video
at one year old.https://youtu.be/ULsPOPXbD1M
