sorry I've been so long in getting back to this thread when I was the  
one who brought it up. Sometimes life just gets so far ahead of me.  
Still, I think this is so important to the long term health of the  
type of dogs we love that I didn't want to abandon it.

Yeah, somewhere in teh $400 range is pretty typical for PennHIP. OFA  
is usually cheaper, some places you can do that for under $200. The  
place where I get my dogs done throws the OFA in for free since they  
already have the dog under  anesthesia and positioned on the xray  
table.  Other vets have offered a "deal" and some charge the full  
amount for both even if they do then at the same time which seems  
wrong to me, personally.

PennHIP is supposedly a more accurate predictor of inheritability and  
maybe it is, my personal jury is out on that one. I think OFA is  
certainly good enough for those who don't want to spend the extra $$$.  
Plus OFA is more easily available. Nearly every Vet can do the OFA  
xrays.

On Jan 24, 2011, at 1:15 PM, Rini wrote:

> I've been calling around to get Robbie PennHipped (sp?) and was  
> quoted $350
> and $550.  Is this usual?
>
> Rini