[dudley1984]

Thanks for clarifying the name OFA is Orthopedic Foundation for Animals. I'll certify my breeding Yorkies immediately if it only requires a vet exam and no complex ex-rays with general enesthesia, etc. Obviously there's conflicting info out there about the certification requirements, including my own possible misinterpretation of what I read when I checked their web site a couple of months back. FYI, my breeding animals get all reasonable and customary health screens, as do my puppies, and my health guarantee is pretty liberal. Puppies stay here at least 12 weeks, one reason being to let them mature enough for a meaningful knee exam. A word of caution: one puppy customer came to me very upset that her vet was recommending surgical consult for a 4 month old puppy with LP. She's a friendly, cooperative type and agreed to let me take the puppy to my own vet for his opinion. Whereas I was hoping he would maybe find a grade 1 or 2 LP and recommend monitoring for a while, he knocked me speechless by declaring the puppy had absolutely no sign of LP. Maybe the knees tightened up in the two weeks between the vet visits??? Whatever, we were all horrified that any vet would recommend surgery on a puppy that young, for a condition that often comes and goes during growth. BE CAREFUL!!!.