Chair – Carolyn Gerganoff
- GSDCA Health Award of Merit Application Form (PDF) >>
- GSDCA Health Award of Merit Explanations from OFA and GSDCA (PDF) >>
Health Award of Merit Recipients >>
The GSDCA Health Award of Merit is presented to current club members whose GSD has passed the parent club’s comprehensive set of required health tests and evaluations. Tests are verified on the OFA Database.
The current requirements for the Health Award of Merit include passing: OFA Hips & Elbows, GSDCA Temperament Test, OFA Cardiac and Thyroid tests. The requirement to perform and publish the DM test is also included, but because of continuing research, the dog’s DM status/results will not disqualify a dog.
We now have three categories for the HAM award. The differences is the age of the dog for the passing Hips and Elbows.
HAM – original – OFA hips and elbows – 2 and older
HAM – SV – SV hips and elbows published in OFA, usually done when the dog is a year old
HAM – PRELIM – OFA hips and elbows passing at Prelim – age 1 year or older, but may not have passing OFA hips and elbows at the age of two or older, usually due to an injury.
