Promoting responsibility and good sportsmanship in the breeding, training and exhibition of the Dutch Shepherd Dog under the breed standard established by

the United Kennel Club in 1995.

OFA Certification

The Dutch Shepherd Dog Club of America™ endorses the United Kennel Club philosophy promoting the working aspect of the pure bred dog and designing its events for dogs that look AND perform equally well.

 
It sometimes makes no difference how intelligent a dog may be if it suffers from physical faults that restrict or inhibit the dog from performing tasks required.  Therefore, we encourage Dutch Shepherd breeders to do everything possible to eliminate hip and elbow dysplasia by only using breeding stock that is x-ray cleared (hips and elbows) with OFA certification obtained at the appropriate age.


Several other diagnostic test results are also compiled by the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals.  A listing appears below reflecting the evaluations accumulated for a variety of genetic tests.

 

 

OFA Disease Statistics and Data

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OFA Evaluations through March 2023

REGISTRY

Rank

# Tested

Normal #

Normal %

Abnormal %

Carrier %

HIPS

132

790

705

89.2

9.0

ELBOWS

73

667

628

94.2

5.5

EYES

53

176

164

93.2

6.8

DEGENERATIVE MYELOPATHY

49

56

47

83.9

1.8

14.3

INFLAMATORY MYOPATHY (MYOSITIS)

41

41

100.0

0

DENTITION

27

24

88.9

11.1

THYROID 21 16 76.2 14.3

PATELLA

16

16

100.0

0

BASIC CARDIAC

15

15

100.0

0

ADVANCED CARDIAC 13 12 92.3 7.7

CONGENITAL CARDIAC

12

12

100.0

0

SHOULDER

11

11

100.0

0

VON WILLIBRANDS

5

5

100.0

0

EXCERCISE INDUCED COLLAPSE

1

1

100.0

0

MULTIPLE DRUG RESISTANCE (MDR1)

1

1

100.0

0

 

 

To view evaluation results of DUTCH SHEPHERD dogs submitted, please click the below link to the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals' website.

 

OFA Results for DUTCH SHEPHERD dogs

 

 

 

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Used with permission from Dog World Graphics – Kosice, Slovakia
Used with permission from Dog World Graphics – Kosice, Slovakia