2.5 weeks to go

It is my understanding that hip displaysia is a difficult problem to tackle because it is polygenetic, and it is about 30 percent environmental. (Fat puppies are more likely to have trouble than those who are kept lean.) So, trying to keep lines displaysia-free is more complicated than dealing with, for instance, the MDR1 gene. However, OFA or PennHip are highly useful in a breeding program because they can let a breeder know a problem exists even if the dog is not showing symptoms of the problem, and then the breeder knows to elimate the dog from the breeding program before it can pass on its poor structure to puppies.

I haven't spent a great deal of time researching hip displaysia because it is very rare in my breed, borzoi. Unfortunately, two of the biggest problems in borzoi are bloat and bone cancer, two things for which there is no test.

I'm always interested in learning new things, so I'm curious as to what the other dog people here have read about hip displaysia.