What does the hip ratio on an German Shepard dog mean?

Answer 1

Most of the time it means if a dog will have hip displaysia. There are test that you can get done called OFA and pinned hips. And the results some back in as Excellent, good, fair and poor those would be the rateings with Excellent being a dog that is less likely to have hip problems such as displaysia. So you wouldn't want to breed a dog that has fair hips to a dog that has fair hips as it is more likely the puppies will have hip problems. Hip problems are more common in large breeds because they have more weight on there hips. But all of this isn't usefull unless you plan on breeding elsewise none of it really matters.