Anatolian Shepherd Dogs from the OFA Database

Examine current OFA ratings (n=1332) in public reports on ASDs to date (03/22/2006) arranged by dog name.
Some dogs have several ratings associated with their names, so this doesn't represent 1332 ASDs who have been rated. Not all ratings are in orthopedics.
When I last reported on these numbers in Sept 2005 (6 months ago) 49 more records have since been added in this six month period (n in 6 months went from 1283 to 1332 now)

Note that OFA forms are not breed specific. They are sometimes filled out by the vet technicians, so creative use of color descriptors and misspellings of names are common. Since there are so many registration numbers for the population of ASDs that were not AKC, some of the family linkages (sire & dam) are not associated with their progeny on the OFA database. Errors in the OFA database can be corrected by the owners who contact OFA.

Owners of young dogs being preliminaried and "affected dogs" can sign a release to help create a more "open" public database - this can be a good thing. However there is the possibility of cases in all breeds, where a dog may have been abused or in an accident, and the owner is using the information to place blame elsewhere.