Elbow Dysplasia Evaluation Tool

Elbow Dysplasia (ED):

Elbow Dysplasia is a painful and debilitating disease which can be passed down from parent dogs to their offspring find out more abut the disease here: https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/health-and-dog-care/health/getting-started-with-health-testing-and-screening/elbow-dysplasia-screening-scheme/

Healthy Puppies start with Healthy Parents

A responsible breeder will always do the breed specific hereditary health tests prior to breeding one of which is Elbow Dysplasia which can affect various breeds. There are 4 grades for Elbow Dysplasia  0 (which means no signs of elbow dysplasia on the X ray) , 1, 2, or 3. Each elbow is graded so you could have a score 0/1 or 0/0 or 3/1 or 2/2 in each case the highest number is the one puppy buyers should be concerned about and put in the evaluation tool.

These common breeds are susceptible to Elbow Dysplasia a painful and debilitating hereditary disease, this means your puppy could inherit it from its parent dogs if their test scores indicate this.

Basset Hound, Bernese Mountain Dog, Dogue de Bordeaux, English Springer Spaniel,  German Shepherd Dog, Great Dane, Irish Water Spaniel, Newfoundland, Goldendoodle, Golden Retriever, Labrador Retriever, Labradoodles, Rottweiler, Sprocker, Sprollie

Many other breeds suffer from elbow dysplasia, visit : https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/about-us/about-the-kennel-club/the-kennel-club-rules-regulations-and-codes/the-kennel-club-health-standard/to check if the breed you are interested in is susceptible to Elbow Dysplasia.

Ask your proposed breeder for the Elbow Dysplasia test results for the parent dogs and/or if your proposed puppy is going to be or has been bred from pedigree dogs ask your breeder for the pedigree names of both the dam and sire and you can look up what their health test results including Estimated Breeding Values (EBV) are here: https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/search/health-test-results-finder/ you can also look up grandparents and great grandparents’ results too.

EBV info:

If a breeder does not want to pass on this information walk away because if it was a good result why not let you know!

EBV’s are not available for all breeds so check if the breed you are looking at is covered if not the ED test results are even more important to recognise.

 https://www.thekennelclub.org.uk/health-and-dog-care/health/getting-started-with-health-testing-and-screening/estimated-breeding-values/

Incorrect Diet, Environment, Activity, Weight, Size and Conformation can all contribute to the severity of the disease.