In a message dated 6/21/00 8:37:15 PM Pacific Daylight Time, brier@oregonsbest.com writes: << Dysplastic: hip or elbow dysplasia. Ie bad hips or bad elbows. We screen the dogs for this the clearances you have copies of in your book from OFA: Orthopedic Foundation For Animals. >> Gina....oh, I knew about the OFA clearances, just didn't recognize that form of the word dysplasia. Carolyn