Does/Do "Frog pose" or "Sploots" have negative or positive affect on OFA's?

[sarayes]

Hi y'all! I'm new here but I had a quick question to (mostly) Aussie breeders but any and all welcome. I have a female standard Australian Shepherd that I'm thinking about doing OFA's for soon- she came back completely clear genetically but the only concern I have is that she never "sploots" never has, probably never will- and I know it's pretty common in the breed.

Her parents were good/normal on both hips and elbows but my question is- would the "sploots" or "frog hips" have ANY indication if they'd be on the better side or the worse side of OFA's?

 

[davecb]

@sarayes It has exactly zero to do with anything.

I have an OFA Excellent dog who does it, and has since he was a baby.

My friend has an OFA Mild dog, who also does it. In both dogs, it's their go-to when they lie down to chew on a bone.

I had an OFA Good dog who did it, and my OFA Fair dog did not.

IOW it's not diagnostic of anything.

 

[sarayes]

@davecb Thank you so much!