Headline text  Attention Sandra User  When indicating passing in your statement above could you please respond to the following questions rethe various registries you have referenced  What do you mean by passing Do the registries disallow breeding of dogs who have higher than your indicated ratings  How do the registries gather the individual scores of each of their breeding dogs How do the registries enforce these requirements   Could you state what testing organizationsare accepted by each registry for these passing grades  Your grades indicate they are probably OFA scores but how are PennHip scores treated in the registries since this testing is also being used with Shiloh Shepherds from what has been previously mentioned in this discussion   What are your references for your gathered information that is to say what are the web page addresses for the various registries where this info is stated as requiredenforcedrecommended   Most importantly since the term required calls for a resource by which adherence to this requirement can be enforced could you also please provide  the resources through which interested puppy buyers can confirm testing results for the individual dogs or their parentage they are interested in purchasing  Whether claimed as required or not by whichever registries or breeders these claims have no value other than through blind trust to potential puppy buyers unless they have an opportunity to verify the results themselves through independent means  In other words if a reader wants to research the hip grades of the parents of a puppy they are considering buying not generic group testing results would you please indicate where that information can be found for each of the registries NSBR ISSR TSSR     Example   NSBR  Hip registration is primarily through OFA To view OFAs hip information on NSBR dogs please view website address wwwxxxxxxorg       AND ISSR   Hip registration is through OFA and PennHip To view OFAs hip information on ISSR dogs please view website address wwwxxxxxxorg To view PennHips hip information on ISSR dogs please view website address wwwzzzzzorg         AND TSSR  Hip registration is conducted through XXXX however individual results are provided to prospective and current puppy owners by submitting a Request for Health Results Form available at wwwTSSRcomRequest for Health info   If verification of these requirements for the registries is not published nor can be obtained in writing would you also please indicate this policy  If you can only provide resource information for a registry you are affiliated with I would then ask that other discussion participants ie registry members or nonaffiliated breeders provide this information and their policies in answer to my requests above  Thank you very kindly MDfy