Briard hips in the US

      The Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA) maintains the major hip registry in the United States. They recommend that the following breeding principles be used:

      1. Breed normals to normals.
      2. Breed normals with normal ancestry.
      3. Breed normals from litters (brothers/sisters) with a low incidence of CHD.
      4. Select a sire that produces a low incidence of CHD.
      5. Replace dogs with dogs that are better than the breed average.

      It is simple enough for the breeder to satisfy principle #1 by breeding only dogs that have passed a hip evaluation by OFA or equivalent. However, the truly thoughtful breeder goes even farther than that by also considering pedigree depth (i.e. the hips of the ancestors), pedigree breadth (siblings of the prospective parents and their ancestors), and the production records of the potential sire and dam. The following lists may help identify dogs that are outstanding in these respects. They include information on dogs rated by OFA through February 14, 2003.

      • Pedigree depth - 5 generations clear
      • Pedigree depth - 4 generations clear
      • Pedigree depth - 3 generations clear
      • Hip production - top sires
      • Hip production - top dams

      Pedigree depth - 5 generations clear

      The following dogs are certified by OFA to be free of hip dysplasia, and are descended from five generations of OFA-certified ancestors.

      None to date.


      Pedigree depth - 4 generations clear

      The following dogs are certified by OFA to be free of hip dysplasia, and are descended from four generations of OFA-certified ancestors.

      Dogs
      Classique Objet Trouve / FB-1150G25M-T FB-EL101-T
      Ch. Classique Oblio de Cadeaux / FB-1153G26M-T
      Ch. Classique Odin Just Reward / FB-1249G43M-PI
      Ch. Classique Odyssie du Coeur / FB-1282G49M-PI FB-EL151M49-PI
      Classique Origami Muppet / FB-1308G52M-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Jamaican Me Crazy / FB-890E31M
      Ch. Deja Vu Just a Gigolo / FB-841G24M
      Am/Can Ch. Deja Vu Kings Oaks Notorious / FB-1057E25M-T OVC 003798/05-99
      Ch. Deja Vu Rhymin' Simon / FB-1281E28M-PI
      L'Heureux Beardsanbrows Nike / FB-1205G46M-PI FB-EL120M46-PI
      L'Heureux Ruger du le Loup d'Or / FB-1287G26M-PI FB-EL155M26-PI
      Ch. Naches Judge du le Loup d'Or / FB-1084G32M FB-EL88
      Am/Can Ch. Sentinelle's Last Chance HIC / FB-913G24M-T

      Bitches
      Ch. Blackwater's Masquerade of Kings Oaks PT / FB-958G24F
      Classique Risque Business / FB-1311G24F-PI FB-EL169F24-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Jump to Conclusions AX AXJ / FB-959G41F-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Just One Look / FB-842G24F-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Monopoly / FB-1072G39F
      Deja Vu Repeat After Me / FB-1296E26F-NOPI
      Ch. Deja Vu Rose Colored Glasses / FB-1261G25F-PI FB-EL140F25-PI
      L'Heureux Ricochet du le Loup d'Or / FB-1284G26F-PI FB-EL153F26-PI
      Narcissa de l'Heureux / FB-1083E25F FB-EL87
      Ch. Naviguer Avec le Loup d'Or / FB-1052G28F-T FB-EL80-T
      Ch. Ne Orageux's Near and Dear / FB-1097G24F-T
      Ch. Ne Orageux's New Mercedes / FB-1272G54F-NOPI
      Ne Orageux's No Guts No Glory / FB-1157G32F-T
      Ne Orageux's Nonesuch Notorious / FB-1130G30F-T FB-EL97-T
      Puissance du le Loup d'Or / FB-1203G29F-NOPI FB-EL119F29-NOPI
      Ch. Sentinelle Deja Vu Leapin Lizards PT / FB-886G27F
      Can Ch. Sentinelle Looks Like an Angel / FB-899G28F-T
      Am/Can Ch. Sentinelle's Limelight HIC / FB-984F33F-T


      Pedigree depth - 3 generations clear

      The following dogs are certified by OFA to be free of hip dysplasia, and are descended from three generations of OFA-certified ancestors.

      Dogs
      Ch. Best Bêtes l'Ourse The'odore / FB-980G37M
      Ch. Bien Sur Matinee Idol HIC / FB-1211G55M-PI
      Ch. Bo Jingles du le Loup d'Or HIC / FB-837E24M
      Celebra's Red Hot Lover / FB-1315G29M-PI
      Chelford Naughty'n Nice Pooka CD NA / FB-1212E52M-PI
      Ch. Chelford's L'Ourse Noah Bear / FB-1101G33M-T
      Chelford's Nice N Easy / FB-1041E25M-T
      Ch. Cherrywood Lad of Larry / FB-918E31M
      Ch. Classique Goodfellow JHDd HTD1s / FB-672G36M
      Ch. Deja Vu Aigner For Pete's Sake ROM / FB-599G27M
      Ch. Deja Vu Elementary My Dear ROM / FB-568G42M
      Ch. Deja Vu Goldfinger Esprit d'Or / FB-631F31M
      Ch. Deja Vu Here Comes Henry Higgins CD / FB-662G24M-T
      Deja Vu Hold That Tiger / FB-690G25M-T
      Am/Can Ch. Deja Vu In Like Flynn CD PT HIC ROM HOF / FB-763G24M-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Instant Insanity / FB-829G34F
      Ch. Deja Vu Instant Success HOF / FB-764G24M
      Ch. Deja Vu Ipso Facto Ginko / FB-770G26M
      Ch FDCh Deja Vu Looney Toons HIC CGC / FB-950G36M-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Most Likely to Succeed / FB-1277G69M-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Moving Picture / FB-997E26M-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Mozart / FB-1066F35M-T FB-EL67-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Nineteenth Nervous Breakdown / FB-1193G49M-PI
      Deja Vu Pierre Cardin / FB-1300F24M-PI FB-EL162M24-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Pulp Fiction / FB-1243G27M-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Purple Haze HOF / FB-1236E24M-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Purple People Eater / FB-1251E29F-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Real Deal / FB-1273E24M-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Riddle Me This / FB-1276E25M-PI
      Ch. Dijon d'Occasion HIC / FB-436F24M
      Ch. Dior Rainbeard On the Ball / FB-1123E24M-T FB-EL95-T
      Ch. Dior Rainbeard Over Easy / FB-1121G24N-T FB-EL94-T
      Enchante Noblesse Oblige / FB-1155F32M-T
      Ch. Enchante's Landmark CGC / FB-896G24M
      Ch. Enchante's Nobel Prize HIC / FB-1068G26M-T
      Am/Can Ch. Fokine Dimyon de Strathcona HIC / FB-572G24M
      Ch. Gandolph Sorcier du le Loup d'Or / FB-594G24M FB-EL4
      Ch. Gorgeous George Esprit d'Or HIC / FB-622G29M
      Am/Can Ch. Grand Mischa du le Loup d'Or / FB-595F24M-T FB-EL5-T
      Janelle Huggins Halo d'Esprit HIC / FB-701G26M
      Ch. Janelle's Hot to Trot / FB-817E45M-T FB-EL33-T
      Ch. Jean-Louis du le Loup d'Or / FB-992G56M-T FB-EL63-T
      Ch. Kaliphi Henri Hubert CD OA OAJ HIC / FB-739G37M
      Kaliphi La Plant Tabou / FB-977G34M-T
      Ch. Kaliphi Lord Worf / FB-923E26M-T
      Ch. Kings Oaks Luck of the Draw / FB-952F34M-T
      Am/Can Ch. Le Lascar Galant de l'Heureux CD / FB-935G36M
      Lethal Weapon de l'Heureux / FB-863G25M
      Ch. Mielleux's Marital Bliss / FB-990G32M
      Ch. Mt. Shadows l'Avenir Mais Oui HT / FB-871F26M-T
      Ch. Ne' Orageux's Lethal Weapon / FB-905G30M
      Norilyn Joyeux Lopi Doux CDX PT NA HIC / FB-818G25M-T
      Panache's High Plains Drifter / FB-850F56M
      Panache's Hot Damn Here I Am / FB-754E43M FB-EL17
      Am/Can Ch. Popsakadoo's Felix / FB-824G63M-T
      Ch. Protege' Henri de l'Heureux / FB-1269G31M-PI FB-EL145M31-PI
      Radieux Landmark Decision / FB-1003F41M
      Radieux's Ripken Call Me Cal / FB-1265G24M-PI
      Radnor's Candy Man / FB-449G39M
      Radnor's Gitan de Pecheur PT / FB-647G27M
      Rembrandt de l'Heureux / FB-1275G24M-PI FB-EL149M24-PI
      Ch. Sagi-Noire's Mademoiselle Lacier / FB-1028G25F
      Ch. Snoaire's I'm Gonna Get You / FB-727G25M
      Ch. Snoaire's Ivan Attitude / FB-853F45M
      Ch. U Know Kaliphi Jack of Hearts HIC / FB-803G25M FB-EL25
      Ch. Victoria's Il s'Appelle Clovis / FB-736G27M
      Winston du le Loup d'Or / FB-674G38M

      Bitches
      Am/Can Ch. Best Bêtes Lady Day / FB-1087E51F-T
      Bodo Lamberton Kitoko Ndoki / FB-1058E48F
      Ch. Carewin's Journy du le Loup d'Or / FB-814G29F FB-EL30
      Celebra's Red Hot Chili Pepper / FB-1292E24F-PI
      Ch. Classique Just Rewards Mielleux PT U-Ag1 HIC TT CGC / FB-1035E52F-T
      Ch. Classique Lalique de l'Heureux / FB-1040E48F-T FB-EL74-T
      Ch. Danseuse d'Occasion UD HIC TT VT SchHB AD HOF / FB-435G24F
      Deja Vu Brookwood Poison Ivy / FB-1229E24F-NOPI
      Ch. Deja Vu Ease On Down The Road HT ROM / FB-489E24F
      Ch. Deja Vu Every Little Breeze HOF / FB-501G26F
      Ch. Deja Vu Flattery Will Get U CDX AX AXJ HIC / FB-583G25F
      Ch. Deja Vu Frankly My Dear CD CGC HIC / FB-618E31F
      Deja Vu Given the Circumstances / FB-629G33F
      Ch. Deja Vu Harlot of Sentinelle / FB-673G26F
      Ch. Deja Vu Herd It Thru The Grapevine HIC CGC TDI / FB-683G24F
      Ch. Deja Vu Horsefeathers / FB-689G29F
      Ch. Deja Vu House On Fire / FB-692G26F
      Ch. Deja Vu Imagine That / FB-790G28F-T
      Deja Vu Loaded Dice / FB-1056G50F-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Mary Mary Quite Contrary / FB-1181G52F-NOPI
      Ch. Deja Vu Mm Mm Good Bijou Am/Can CD PT / FB-998E25F-T FB-EL66-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Moral Dilemma / FB-1013G28F-T
      Ch. Deja Vu News at Eleven / FB-1106E24F-T
      Ch. Deja Vu Non-Negotiable CD HIC CGC / FB-1168G34F-T
      Deja Vu Patchwork Quilt / FB-1256E28F-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Perils of Pauline / FB-1239G26F-PI
      Deja Vu Pilotspeak Pegasus / FB-1299G24F-PI FB-EL161F24-PI
      Deja Vu Raining Cats and Dogs / FB-1325E25F-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Ruffles Have Ridges / FB-1317G24F-PI
      Ch. Deja Vu Runaround Sue / FB-1286G25F-PI
      Deja Vu Snoaire In Your Dreams / FB-781G35F
      Ch. Demitasse d'Occasion TD HS NA HOF / FB-437F24F
      Ch. Dior Oo La La / FB-1124G24F-T
      Am/Can Ch. Dior Rainbeard Odyssey of the Heart / FB-1120G24F-T FB-EL93-T
      Enchante Narquoise Noelle / FB-1225G45F-NOPI
      Enchante's Laptop / FB-894G24F
      Ch. Enchante's Limerick CGC / FB-895G24F
      Ch. Enchante's Noire Nice N Easy / FB-1061G26F-T
      Faire d'Erte de Strathcona / FB-660G41F
      Ch. Fallon de Strathcona HIC / FB-580G25F
      Fanny Belblonde Ne' Orageux / FB-678G28F-T
      Ch. Fox Lair Good Golly Ms Molly / FB-593G25F
      Ch. Giselle de l'Esprit d'Or / FB-600G25F
      Halley Haut Summit Janelle / FB-688G24F
      Ch. Huszar's Le Miz CD HIAs JHD CGC / FB-1149E57F-T
      Ch. I'm Cloe du le Loup d'Or / FB-788G34F FB-EL21
      Janelle Helsangl du l'Loup d'Or / FB-773G40F FB-EL19
      Janelle's First Impression / FB-567G30F
      Ch. Janelle's Frolic'N Around CD CGC TT HIC / FB-564G28F
      Janelle's Fun'N Games / FB-558G28F
      Janelle's Hopes 'N Dreams / FB-659E24F
      Ch. Joy Luck du le Loup d'Or / FB-792E26F FB-EL23
      Ch. Kaliphi Jadzia Dax / FB-794E24F
      Am/Mex Ch. Kaliphi Jiva de Sonora / FB-785E24F
      Ch. Kaliphi Joli Cadeau CD OA NAJ HIC / FB-835E30F
      Ch. Kaliphi Just My Beloved Bebe HIC / FB-856G35F
      Kaliphi Magnifique Obsession HIC / FB-1054E35F-T
      Kaliphi Minara / FB-978G24F-T
      Ch. Kaliphi's Hennessy Girl / FB-680E25F-T
      Kaliphi's Patagonia / FB-1254E26F-PI
      Ch. L'Heureux Au Gusta du le Loup d'Or HOF / FB-652F35F FB-EL3
      Ch. Labelle Madaline de l'Heureux / FB-1082E55F FB-EL86
      Ch. Leena d'Amour du le Loup d'Or / FB-1088F53F
      Lon E'Bear Nanjere Loup d'Or PT / FB-876G25F-T
      Ch. Lotta d'Amour du le Loup d'Or / FB-1111G47F FB-EL92
      Ch. Mielleux Memory of Jennie / FB-936G24F
      Mon Jovis Loki / FB-888F25F
      Ch. Mt. Shadows la Creme de la Creme / FB-979G40F-T
      Mt. Shadows Lucerne de Strathcona / FB-1027G48F
      Ch. Ne' Orageux Fille de la Mere HIC / FB-931G41F
      Ch. Ne' Orageux Habile Affaire B CD HIC / FB-715F34F
      Ne' Orageux Let's Dance / FB-864G25F
      Ne' Orageux Lexus Phydeaux HIC / FB-906E30F
      Ne' Orageux Locamotion Maggie / FB-870G26F
      Ch. Ne' Orageux's Lloyd's Wright NA / FB-962G39F-T
      Ni River's Hallelujah HIC / FB-750G42F-T
      Ch. Norilyn Jasmine HIC / FB-795G24F
      Ch. Norilyn Jemima PD de Bejaune / FB-796G24F
      Ch. Norilyn Jubilee CD HIC / FB-806G24F-T
      Norilyn Justabelle HIC / FB-797G24F
      Norilyn le Que Serra Kaliphi HIC / FB-937E27F-T
      Norilyn Let It Be Abbey / FB-1000G36F-T
      Ch. Norilyn Let Me Entertain You / FB-948G28F-T
      Play By Play de l'Heureux / FB-1234E24F-PI FB-EL127F24-PI
      Ch. Radieux Deja Vu Lace / FB-1038G46F-T FB-EL73-T
      Radieux Lira / FB-903G26F
      Radieux's Regardez-Moi / FB-1264G24F-PI
      Radnor's Captive Heart / FB-525G56F
      Radnor's Cat Balou / FB-511G52F
      Ch. Snoaire Iris of Hussey Hill / FB-722G24F
      Ch. Snoaire's I Be Bad / FB-726F25F
      Ch. St Onge It's Just Hearsay / FB-709F33F
      Trifid's Naughty 'N Nice / FB-1189F39F-PI
      Ch. Victoria's Josephine HIC / FB-851G25F-T
      Ch. Victoria's Olivia Rose HIC / FB-1204F31F-PI
      Victoria's Virage Idjit / FB-724G24F


      Hip production - top sires

      The following dogs are themselves free of hip dysplasia according to OFA and have produced ten or more offspring who have also cleared OFA.

      31Am/Can Ch. U-CD U-Ag1 Kaliphi U Know Mielleux Deux CD HT OA NAJ HIC TT CGC VT ROM HOF OAC OJC / FB-474G24M-T
      29Am/Can Ch. Beardsanbrows Utopia ROM HOF / FB-228-T
      25Ch. Deja Vu Aigner For Pete's Sake ROM / FB-599G27M
      24Am/Can Ch. Deja Vu In Like Flynn CD PT HIC ROM HOF / FB-763G24M-T
      22Am/Can Ch. Johns Pashtu de Strathcona TT HIC ROM HOF / FB-134
      20Ch. Lindeaux Trademark ROM HOF / FB-193
      20Am/Mex Ch. Fracasse de Lindeau HIC HOF / FB-597G24M
      17Ch. Basiner Garcon de l'Heureux CDX HIC TT VT HOF / FB-414E33M
      17Ch. Deja Vu Woodbine Celtic Pride HT CGC HIC ROM HOF / FB-398E25M
      16Ch. Hubert le Hallmark de Lindeau / FB-702G25M
      15Ch. Beardsanbrows V Thriller ROM HOF / FB-288G26M-T
      15Ch. Bazil du Moulin d'Eau ROM HOF / FB-372G24M-T
      15Ch. Deja Vu Woodbine Cryn Out Loud ROM / FB-405E26M
      14Ch. Aigner Deja Vu Double O Seven ROM HOF / FB-483F32M
      14Ch. Mon Jovis Forever Mine / FB-604G30M
      13Am/Can Ch. Phydeaux Windfall Am/Can CD ROM HOF / FB-69
      13Ch. Dakar du Chemin des Rocailles / FB-444G24M-T
      13Ch. Deja Vu Elementary My Dear ROM / FB-568G42M
      12Ch. Deja Vu Instant Success HOF / FB-764G24M
      11Ch. Aigner Verbatim ROM HOF HIC CGC / FB-344G38M-T
      11Ch. Ralph des Elfes de Malouse CD ROM HOF / FB-10
      11Ch. Richlen Steppenwolf HIC HOF / FB-179-T
      11Ch. Mon Jovis F.C. Beauregard ROM / FB-611G30M
      11Ch. Radieux Deja Vu Mon Jovis G Wiz / FB-589G24M
      10Ch. Beardsanbrow V d'Occasion CD TT HIC HOF / FB-289G24M-T
      10Am/Can Ch. Hi-Ya Handsome de Lindeau / FB-705G25M


      Hip production - top dams

      The following bitches are themselves free of hip dysplasia according to OFA and have produced seven or more offspring who have also cleared OFA.

      18Ch. Deja Vu Four Leaf Clover ROM / FB-550G28F
      16Am/Can Ch. Beardsanbrows N'Est Pas Am/Can UDT SchI AD STDd HIC VT ROM HOF / FB-96-T
      16Ch. Deja Vu Ease On Down The Road HT ROM / FB-489E24F
      14Ch. C'est Bonheur Woodbine Tinsel HT ROM HOF / FB-263F33F
      12Ch. Phydeaux Delta de Bejaune ROM HOF / FB-455G24F
      11Ch. Phydeaux Oh Susannah CDX TD CGC ROM HOF / FB-107
      11Ch. Fleur-de-Lis de Lindeau HIC / FB-555G25F
      11Ch. Mon Jovis Guerneville's Miracle ROM HOF / FB-666E29F
      10Ch. Bet-Cha Star Velu d'Strathcona HIC ROM HOF / FB-200
      9Ch. Aigner Rum Toddy ROM HOF / FB-157
      9Ch. Aigner Teatotaller ROM HOF / FB-213
      9Ch. Deja Vu Woodbine Cheap Thrills ROM HOF / FB-417E29F
      9Ch. Pa'Chick's Ms-Be-Haven CD ROM HOF / FB-86
      9Ch. U Know Mielleux de Bonheur CD ROM HOF / FB-282G36F
      9Ch. Caillon d'Verite du le Loup d'Or / FB-538G53F
      9Ch. L'Heureux Au Gusta du le Loup d'Or HOF / FB-652F35F
      9Ch. U Know Darin' To Bea Kaliphi CD TD HIC TT VT ROM HOF / FB-470G33F-T
      8Ch. Piquantte d'Occasion HOF / FB-148
      8Ch. Radnor's Cause 'N A Commotion CD TT / FB-421G27F
      8Ch. Tigresse de Patriche ROM HOF / FB-130
      8Am/Can Ch. Mielleux's Orageux de Cembre CD HIC CGC HOF / FB-477E24F-T
      8Ch. Richlen Erin Go Bragh CD TT CGC HIC ROM HOF / FB-485G24F
      8Ch. Classique Just Rewards Mielleux PT U-Ag1 HIC TT CGC / FB-1035E52F-T
      7Ch. Fox Lair's Vivacious Lady TT ROM HOF / FB-328F30F-T
      7Ch. Uziz Akshanit de Strathcona CD ROM HOF / FB-62
      7Ch. Votre Magic Marker de Lindeau / FB-314G28F
      7Janelle's First Impression / FB-567G30F
      7Ch. Noire Virage Femme Fatale CD CGC HIC VT / FB-562G24F
      7Ch. Picador Temptress / FB-638G45F
      7Ch. U Know Dede la Voyageur du Lhut CD HIC TT / FB-451G27M