Myth:
Angulated dogs have bad hips
There is no correlation between 'back slope' as you call it (which is mostly due to how the dogs are posed) and Canine Hip Dysplasia (CHD) "NONE"... nor is there a correlation between angulation and CHD. If there was, then why do flat backed, non-angulated breeds have so much more CHD than do GSDs? German Shepherds are #30 on the list with less than 19% dysplastic dogs out of 63635 sets of x-rays submitted to OFA updated October 2000. They are preceded by breeds such as:
Dysplasia x-rays submitted to OFA Update 10/2008
2008 Breed Evaluations Percent Excellent Percent Dysplastic
BULLDOG 1 410 0.2 73.7
PUG 2 364 0 62.1
DOGUE DE BORDEAUX 3 285 0.7 55.8
OTTERHOUND 4 298 0 52.3
NEAPOLITAN MASTIFF 5 139 0.7 48.2
ST. BERNARD 6 1984 4.2 46.6
CLUMBER SPANIEL 7 675 2.7 45.5
SUSSEX SPANIEL 8 220 0.9 43.2
BLACK RUSSIAN TERRIER 9 218 3.2 43.1
CANE CORSO 10 499 6.6 40.1
ARGENTINE DOGO 11 140 3.6 40
BASSET HOUND 12 194 0 37.6
BOYKIN SPANIEL 13 2146 1.3 37
FRENCH BULLDOG 14 498 1 33.9
AMERICAN BULLDOG 15 1426 4.9 33.2
NORFOLK TERRIER 16 193 0 32.1
PERRO DE PRESA CANARIO 17 127 3.9 30.7
FILA BRASILEIRO 18 583 7.5 29.3
BLOODHOUND 19 2465 2.5 25.8
AM STAFFORDSHIRE TERRIER 20 2486 2 25.8
NEWFOUNDLAND 21 13073 7.4 25.5
LOUISIANA CATAHOULA LEOPARD 22 390 8.2 25.4
ENGLISH SHEPHERD 23 230 7 25.2
BULLMASTIFF 24 4698 3.6 24.8
AMERICAN PIT BULL TERRIER 25 596 5.7 23.7
MAINE COON CAT 26 959 4.3 23.1
SHILOH SHEPHERD 27 464 7.5 21.3
CHESAPEAKE BAY RETRIEVER 28 11164 11.6 21
ROTTWEILER 29 87814 8 20.4
HYBRID 30 576 8.2 20.3
GOLDEN RETRIEVER 31 117519 3.6 20.1
GORDON SETTER 32 5484 8 19.7
NORWEGIAN ELKHOUND 33 3456 6.9 19.7
MASTIFF 34 9119 7.4 19.5
CHOW CHOW 35 4858 6.8 19.5
SHIH TZU 36 586 1.9 19.5
FIELD SPANIEL 37 729 6.3 19.3
GERMAN SHEPHERD DOG 38 92736 3.5 19.1
GREATER SWISS MOUNTAIN DOG 39 1928 10.5 19.1
CHINOOK 40 401 6.7 19
OLD ENGLISH SHEEPDOG 41 9985 11.1 18.9
BEAGLE 42 662 2.4 18.6
KUVASZ 43 1590 12.7 18.4
GIANT SCHNAUZER 44 3944 9.4 18.3
CARDIGAN WELSH CORGI 45 1307 3.7 18.2
PEMBROKE WELSH CORGI 46 9045 3.2 17.9
STAFFORDSHIRE BULL TERRIER 47 420 1.4 17.4
ENGLISH SETTER 48 8952 9 16.8
ENTLEBUCHER 49 229 3.1 16.6
BERNESE MOUNTAIN DOG 50 12954 11.6 16.4
AFFENPINSCHER 51 196 3.1 16.3
SPINONE ITALIANO 52 848 15.6 15.8
BLACK AND TAN COONHOUND 53 605 9.6 15.5
BOUVIER DES FLANDRES 54 7262 5.5 15.3
POLISH LOWLAND SHEEPDOG 55 372 6.7 15.3
BRITTANY 56 15826 8.1 15.2
CURLY-COATED RETRIEVER 57 1000 7.9 15.1
ICELANDIC SHEEPDOG 58 115 9.6 14.8
AUSTRALIAN CATTLE DOG 59 2728 4.1 14.8
HARRIER 60 265 8.7 14.7
BRIARD 61 2010 12.2 14.7
PUDELPOINTER 62 317 12.6 14.5
BEAUCERON 63 266 13.9 14.3
LEONBERGER 64 1215 18.8 14.1
NORWICH TERRIER 65 345 7.2 13.9
ENGLISH SPRINGER SPANIEL 66 12388 8 13.6
CHINESE SHAR-PEI 67 9033 9 13.5
AKITA 68 15032 17.9 13.2
PORTUGUESE WATER DOG 69 5922 12.4 13
TIBETAN MASTIFF 70 683 6.3 12.9
WELSH SPRINGER SPANIEL 71 1568 14.1 12.7
POODLE 72 18347 10.8 12.6
IRISH SETTER 73 10249 8.4 12.3
KOMONDOR 74 897 11.1 12.2
LABRADOR RETRIEVER 75 194208 17.1 12.2
IRISH WATER SPANIEL 76 1095 16.5 12.1
GREAT DANE 77 10406 11.2 12
BOSTON TERRIER 78 126 4.8 11.9
CAVALIER KING CHRS SPANIEL 79 4349 4 11.7
ALASKAN MALAMUTE 80 12720 16.4 11.6
AIREDALE TERRIER 81 5190 7.1 11.5
NORWEGIAN BUHUND 82 132 7.6 11.4
P BASSET GRIFFONS VENDEEN 83 559 3.2 11.4
FRENCH SPANIEL 84 124 18.5 11.3
SAMOYED 85 14260 9.7 11.2
BORDER COLLIE 86 8026 11.9 11.1
BOXER 87 4442 3.2 10.9
W. HIGHLAND WHITE TERRIER 88 122 1.6 10.7
ANATOLIAN SHEPHERD 89 1401 17.9 10.3
PULI 90 1628 15.7 10.1
HAVANESE 91 1522 7.6 9.9
AKBASH DOG 92 489 22.9 9.8
COTON DE TULEAR 93 403 9.9 9.7
SWEDISH VALLHUND 94 117 3.4 9.4
GERMAN WIREHAIRED PTR 95 3476 15.9 9.3
SMOOTH FOX TERRIER 96 239 8.8 9.2
GREAT PYRENEES 97 5297 13.9 9.1
AMERICAN ESKIMO DOG 98 825 7.3 8.8
STANDARD SCHNAUZER 99 3540 7.7 8.8
WEIMARANER 100 10608 20.3 8.7
MINI AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD 101 378 15.6 8.5
TIBETAN SPANIEL 102 278 6.5 8.3
POINTER 103 1232 12.5 8
AMERICAN WATER SPANIEL 104 658 9.1 7.9
WH POINTING GRIFFON 105 1539 20.7 7.5
VIZSLA 106 11015 15.8 7.2
NOVA SCOTIA DUCKTOLLING RET. 107 1186 14.7 6.9
BULL TERRIER 108 103 11.7 6.8
BICHON FRISE 109 2814 10.7 6.5
LHASA APSO 110 800 14 6.5
DUTCH SHEPHERD 111 125 19.2 6.4
COCKER SPANIEL 112 11056 10.3 6.3
KEESHOND 113 4039 8.4 6.3
BEARDED COLLIE 114 3912 15 6.3
DOBERMAN PINSCHER 115 13191 17.8 6.1
KERRY BLUE TERRIER 116 1327 12.8 6
SHIBA INU 117 2346 17.2 5.9
TIBETAN TERRIER 118 3306 29.6 5.8
AFGHAN HOUND 119 6071 29.1 5.8
AUSTRALIAN SHEPHERD 120 25620 15.3 5.8
FINNISH SPITZ 121 296 16.9 5.7
ENGLISH COCKER SPANIEL 122 5881 17.3 5.6
BELGIAN MALINOIS 123 1948 17.4 5.5
IRISH WOLFHOUND 124 1439 26.5 5.3
SCHIPPERKE 125 338 9.5 5.3
RHODESIAN RIDGEBACK 126 9187 21.2 5.2
NO. AMERICAN SHEPHERD 127 334 16.5 5.1
DALMATIAN 128 2857 9.2 4.8
SHETLAND SHEEPDOG 129 16223 26.8 4.8
WHEATEN TERRIER 130 5268 16.1 4.6
GERMAN SHORTHAIRED 131 12930 24.5 4.5
FLAT-COATED RETRIEVER 132 4452 18.2 4.4
BORDER TERRIER 133 1893 18.4 3.7
BELGIAN TERVUREN 134 4928 24.9 3.6
BASENJI 135 2036 23.3 3.2
IBIZAN HOUND 136 265 36.2 3
BELGIAN SHEEPDOG 137 3445 32.1 2.9
COLLIE 138 2552 28.8 2.7
RAT TERRIER 139 243 10.3 2.5
CANAAN 140 371 16.7 2.4
GREYHOUND 141 310 37.1 2.3
PHARAOH HOUND 142 368 14.9 2.2
SIBERIAN HUSKY 143 15636 32.9 2
AUSTRALIAN TERRIER 144 160 6.3 1.9
BORZOI 145 798 30.8 1.8
IRISH RED & WHITE SETTER 146 113 26.5 1.8
WHIPPET 147 119 34.5 1.7
SALUKI 148 244 43.4 1.6
GERMAN PINSCHER 149 228 25.9 0.9
ITALIAN GREYHOUND 150 143 59.4 0
I think most would admit that Rottweilers, Golden Retrievers, and
Otterhounds aren't terribly over angulated.
