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We purchased Worthy's Fenja back from Corinna, an excellent trainer in our Schutzhund club, but
whose heart is with European Boxers. Fenja has an excellent conformation, beautiful pigment, and
great talents for the work. She is almost ready for the BH now and is doing great in protection. She
is hitting the sleeve, running the blinds, doing escapes-- doing most of the SchH1 routine.
I expected to get the BH and SchH1 on Fenja this year, but I have broken my ankle and torn up my
knee, requiring an operation on both of those so that I will not be walking well enough to trial this
season. Our trialing season ends in September. I have decided to go ahead and breed Fenja, and
hopefully trial her to the SchH1 and beyond next year.
Fenja's OFA Preliminary Hip and Elbow evaluations are Hip=good, elbow=normal, at 11 months of
age. According to the OFA, this age group is 95.8% reliable when compared to an OFA evaluation
done at two years of age. A scan of that her OFA prelims can be seen at the bottom of this page.
Fenja's pedigree: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/493993.html
Fenja, October 30, 2007 (right and left) pic by Corinna
Below, Fenja at 8 months. Pic by Tara.
Worthy's Arwin BH and Worthy's Fenja, best friends
enjoying a game of tug of war at home, November 2007.
Pic by Veronica.
Worthy's Fenja is out Zulma van't Leefdaalhof, the litter
sister to the famous competitor and producer of top
competitors.
Fenja's sire is SG Zidane v.h. Sevens SchH3, IPO3, KKL2,
WUSV x 2, producer of top competitors.
Something that is seldom mentioned, but is important in
German Shepherds is the ability of some to understand
and help with their person's condition. Zidane, besides being a fantastic competition dog, is a great
family dog. His owner, Marlene, had to move her very elderly mother inter her home because she
was so ill. Zidane came to keep the woman company and slept in the elderly woman's room. Zidane
appeared to understand she needed help, and he assisted her, supporting her as she walked with
her hand on his back to the bathroom or about the house, as if he were a trained mobility assistance
service dog. The elderly woman took solace in the comforting company and physical assistance of
the big GSD in her last days.
Fenja is impressive in all three phase of Schutzhund when viewed in training exercises. To date,
I've had three unsolicited offers to sell Fenja to working dog people for substantial amounts. I had
intended to title Fenja to SchH1 this summer, but I broke my ankle and tore up my knee, requiring
operations. I will not be able to walk well enough to title her until next year. My husband Eric is now
working with her, and he tells me he won't let me have her back even when I can walk well enough
to train.
Athos and Fenja taking a break from playing
in the living room. No lamps, TVs or other furnishings
were injured or abused in this picture taking session :-)
Pic by Veronica.
Fenja faces off with 6'5" Josh, who is as talented as a helper and trainer as he is tall!
I'm not sure who took this pic... I was busy on the other end of the long line.
From the official website of the OFA: http://offa.org/hipprelim.html
According to the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA), a dog whose preliminary xray evaluation done
between 7-12 years of age was between 93.8% reliable when compared to an OFA evaluation done at two
years of age.
A recent publication compared the reliability of the preliminary evaluation hip grade phenotype with the 2
year old evaluation in dogs and there was 100% reliability for a preliminary grade of excellent being normal
at 2 years of age (excellent, good, or fair). There was 97.9% reliability for a preliminary grade of good being
normal at 2 years of age, and 76.9% reliability for a preliminary grade of fair being normal at 2 years of age.
Reliability of preliminary evaluations increased as age at the time of preliminary evaluation increased,
regardless of whether dogs received a preliminary evaluation of normal hip conformation or HD. For normal
hip conformations, the reliability was 89.6% at 3-6 months, 93.8% at 7-12 months, and 95.2% at 13-18 months.
These results suggest that preliminary evaluations of hip joint status in dogs are generally reliable.
However, dogs that receive a preliminary evaluation of fair or mild hip joint conformation should be
reevaluated at an older age (24 months).
Fenja's OFA preliminary evaluations done at 11 months of age:
whose heart is with European Boxers. Fenja has an excellent conformation, beautiful pigment, and
great talents for the work. She is almost ready for the BH now and is doing great in protection. She
is hitting the sleeve, running the blinds, doing escapes-- doing most of the SchH1 routine.
I expected to get the BH and SchH1 on Fenja this year, but I have broken my ankle and torn up my
knee, requiring an operation on both of those so that I will not be walking well enough to trial this
season. Our trialing season ends in September. I have decided to go ahead and breed Fenja, and
hopefully trial her to the SchH1 and beyond next year.
Fenja's OFA Preliminary Hip and Elbow evaluations are Hip=good, elbow=normal, at 11 months of
age. According to the OFA, this age group is 95.8% reliable when compared to an OFA evaluation
done at two years of age. A scan of that her OFA prelims can be seen at the bottom of this page.
Fenja's pedigree: http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/pedigree/493993.html
Fenja, October 30, 2007 (right and left) pic by Corinna
Below, Fenja at 8 months. Pic by Tara.
Worthy's Arwin BH and Worthy's Fenja, best friends
enjoying a game of tug of war at home, November 2007.
Pic by Veronica.
Worthy's Fenja is out Zulma van't Leefdaalhof, the litter
sister to the famous competitor and producer of top
competitors.
Fenja's sire is SG Zidane v.h. Sevens SchH3, IPO3, KKL2,
WUSV x 2, producer of top competitors.
Something that is seldom mentioned, but is important in
German Shepherds is the ability of some to understand
and help with their person's condition. Zidane, besides being a fantastic competition dog, is a great
family dog. His owner, Marlene, had to move her very elderly mother inter her home because she
was so ill. Zidane came to keep the woman company and slept in the elderly woman's room. Zidane
appeared to understand she needed help, and he assisted her, supporting her as she walked with
her hand on his back to the bathroom or about the house, as if he were a trained mobility assistance
service dog. The elderly woman took solace in the comforting company and physical assistance of
the big GSD in her last days.
Fenja is impressive in all three phase of Schutzhund when viewed in training exercises. To date,
I've had three unsolicited offers to sell Fenja to working dog people for substantial amounts. I had
intended to title Fenja to SchH1 this summer, but I broke my ankle and tore up my knee, requiring
operations. I will not be able to walk well enough to title her until next year. My husband Eric is now
working with her, and he tells me he won't let me have her back even when I can walk well enough
to train.
Athos and Fenja taking a break from playing
in the living room. No lamps, TVs or other furnishings
were injured or abused in this picture taking session :-)
Pic by Veronica.
Fenja faces off with 6'5" Josh, who is as talented as a helper and trainer as he is tall!
I'm not sure who took this pic... I was busy on the other end of the long line.
From the official website of the OFA: http://offa.org/hipprelim.html
According to the Orthopedic Foundation for Animals (OFA), a dog whose preliminary xray evaluation done
between 7-12 years of age was between 93.8% reliable when compared to an OFA evaluation done at two
years of age.
A recent publication compared the reliability of the preliminary evaluation hip grade phenotype with the 2
year old evaluation in dogs and there was 100% reliability for a preliminary grade of excellent being normal
at 2 years of age (excellent, good, or fair). There was 97.9% reliability for a preliminary grade of good being
normal at 2 years of age, and 76.9% reliability for a preliminary grade of fair being normal at 2 years of age.
Reliability of preliminary evaluations increased as age at the time of preliminary evaluation increased,
regardless of whether dogs received a preliminary evaluation of normal hip conformation or HD. For normal
hip conformations, the reliability was 89.6% at 3-6 months, 93.8% at 7-12 months, and 95.2% at 13-18 months.
These results suggest that preliminary evaluations of hip joint status in dogs are generally reliable.
However, dogs that receive a preliminary evaluation of fair or mild hip joint conformation should be
reevaluated at an older age (24 months).
Fenja's OFA preliminary evaluations done at 11 months of age:
