hip scoring

[clair3934]

I have a 10 month weimaraner dog when should I get him hip scored? I have been told any time after 12 months. And what is a good score for a weim?

[woofgang]

You don't say which country you are in so here is info from the US and UK.

There is only really a point to hip scoring your dog if you are planning to breed from him. Honestly, unless he is a very good worker or shower or both, in the UK at least, no one is going to beat a path to your door to use your dog.

In the US the score is a word (good, excellent etc) in the UK it is a number which you then compare with the breed average which is the mean score of all dogs of that breed scored. You shouldn't use an animal to breed whose score is lower than the breed mean.

here are the web sites

http://www.bva.co.uk/public/chs/hip_scheme.asp

that's the British vetinary association

http://www.the-kennel-club.org.uk/

british kennel club

http://www.offa.org/hipgrade.htm

these folk appear to run the scheme in the US

Hope this helps

[woofgang]

Ps I have a weimaraner too, our 3rd and we have looked into breedng, hence my knowledge and opinion