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Just a note to everyone who helped me researching hip score records, and / or who may be interested to know. I have purchased from the Kennel Club their records of all Labrador's hip scored to date, and I can truthfully say that Oak is the first dog, ever, since records began, to score 0:0 hips with both parents also scoring 0:0!! There are a number of dogs where one parent is 0:0 and produces 0:0, but Oak is the first to have BOTH parents!
It doesn't change the fact that he is still, and will always be, my beloved Oak, my friend and playmate, but it does perhaps show that generations of careful breeding (Oak is 4th generation 0:0) is paying off. I wonder if this is something which would interest breeders, and if so, is there is any publication that I could write to and tell them this?
If any of you want to know anything about hip records, I have the info now and can look it up for you (subject to the K C restrictions I had to sign when purchasing the file).
Best wishes
Katy
It doesn't change the fact that he is still, and will always be, my beloved Oak, my friend and playmate, but it does perhaps show that generations of careful breeding (Oak is 4th generation 0:0) is paying off. I wonder if this is something which would interest breeders, and if so, is there is any publication that I could write to and tell them this?
If any of you want to know anything about hip records, I have the info now and can look it up for you (subject to the K C restrictions I had to sign when purchasing the file).
Best wishes
Katy