Thread: HD - Not a common test-issue?

I have been surfing on pages around Europe and realized that i see a lot of breeders testing for SMA, PKD and PL which is quit uncommon in MC's. But HD which is quit a big problem is not a common test-issue at all? Why is that?

I do test my cats and I follow the Healthprogram, but i did ONE really stupid mating two years ago, i took a risk. I had a female with pyo that was to be mated at next heat.
Well ofcourse she got in heat between Christmas and New Years Eve

I hade a male at home that i had planned to mate with her, but he was'nt tested yeat, he was to be tested in four weeks! Both his parents was ok, and their parents and they both got offsprings that had been tested ok!

So i decided it was a risk worth taking

Krafla (the female) had 1+1 on her hips and was ok to mated to a male that was Normal+Normal. Well Triton (the male) had degree 2 and 3 on his hips.

For comparison i also add a picture of one of the most beautiful hips i have ever seen
(Yes I'm damaged )


As you can see it does NOT look good and as you can imagin this hurts!

Today i got the answer from one of the offsprings (of course ALL of them is sold as pets),
she has degree 3 and 2 and have problems with her hips

So why is it so many people don't do the HD test but do all the other tests?
Is it that many breeders maybe don't know that it actually is a problem?

What do you all think?