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Originally Posted by Navarre
They can be what they want, BUT to be honest there should be some REQUIREMENTS that are the same for all, not changing anytime.
If the requirement (right or wrong) to be in the stud list is the ED 0 exam, every dog without this exam should be removed together with dogs that don't fulfill this requirement.
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I fully agree with you ! ...but if this happens the stud list will be VERY VERY small.
Another problem with ED is that ED is a term used for MANY different illnesses in the elbow, which is caused by many different things, on top of that in most countries only one photo is used to decide if the dog have ED or not, if done in a effective way, at least 3 photos is needed and many times ED is given for small things who never will have any impact on the dogs life(movement), all depending on the vets. who decide to give ED or not. The expert(Peter Weis) have just bought a German shepherd himself from one parent with ED 0/1 witch I assume(according to his expertise) he would not have done if it really is so bad as some people here want it to be.
Statistics of HD for the last 30 years show that in general no more or less dogs have better hips than for 30 years ago, despite all efforts to eleminate dogs with HD worser than HD C ....ED have not even been researched as long time as HD, why jumping to any conclutions seems to be a waiste of time and are irrelevant for the health of our breed.
Rolf