Border Collies's Hips (Severe Rating Through OFFA)

I will only be presenting 4 of the 9 dogs that came up with a severe rating through the OFFA.
Aida of Tokai Soto JP --- Black and White Female Born June 17th 1995 --- Has a daughter whose hips were rated Good, her half sister was rated moderate.  I am curious about the results of her daughter's father because with a rating of Severe (Hip Dysplasia), how could she produce a pup with a rating of Good.  It is possible that this specific female was injured or something else had happened to modify the results of this test before it was done.  The test was performed when she 6 years old.
Amin of Art Wan JP --- Black and White Male Born April 10th 1997 --- No relatives on record, but hips were tested as Normal.  Test was performed when he was 4 years old.
BWBC O. Tammy's Brandy Time --- Black and White Female Born June 1st 2002 --- Her sire, Quicksilver Record Time, had hips that turned out with a rating of Excellent.  Her dam, Tammy, had hips that finished with a result of Good.  This dog's full blood brother, BWBC/O Blur recieved a rating of fair.  This dog has many half siblings through her sire's side.  Of the two half siblings I looked at, they received Excellent ratings and their mothers had ratings of Good, just like this dog.  It seems unlikely this dog was born with severe hip dysplasia.  (Test performed at 2 years of age.)
Comebye Whole Lotta Rosie --- Black and White Female Born March 21st 2007 (Test-May 12th, 2010) --- Sire-Fair   Dam-Good    Full Sister-Excellent. . .This is odd how two dogs from the same litter can have opposite ratings.  One's hips are excellent, the other has Severe Hip Dysplasia.  Her half siblings all registered as good, fair or excellent, but none with a severe rating like this dog.

Border Collie Health (Not A Breeder) ---- CEA

On a website I found through Janice Demello's website for her wonderful Hob Nob dogs, there is a place to see all tested dogs for cea, cl and tns.  In this list will be dogs that are AFFECTED, and only affected.

Archie Ringleader of Green Borderline (Male, Born Jun.2000)
Bayshore's Black By Demand (Female, Born Sep.1998)
Best In Border D-Licacy (Female, Born Feb.2008) Littermate to The Golden Star
Best In Border Singin'in The Rain (Male, Born Jun.2007)
Best In Border The Golden Star (Female, Born Feb.2008) Littermate to D-Licacy
Blue Ray de Mafalada's (Male, Born Feb.2006)
Bonna (Female, Born Aug.2009)
Border Aller Gift From The Sky (Female, Born Mar.2009)
Brown Herbie Mintaka (Female, Born Apr.2006)
Clanohan The Iceman At Fraggerlock (Male, Born Dec.1998)
Fenacre Falcon Over Cefist (Male, Born Sep.2002)
Hue Haze Black Energixer (Female, Born Jan.2003)
Keyhole Kate (Female, Born Feb.2004)
Korella Fire Illusion (Male, Born Oct.2000)
Korella Hilander (Male, Born Dec.2001)
Korella Royal Command (Male, Born Mar.1997)
Korella Strike A Light (Male, Born Oct.2000)
Lucky Charm Cartita (Female, Born Sep.2008)
Outburst Ewe Were Made For (Male, Born Jul.2004)
Outburst Watch Me Stalk Ewe (Male, Born Sep.1998)
Pawtails Too Hot THandle (Male, Born Jan.2004)
Sequoyapark Eye O' The Storm (Male, Born Feb.2000)
Shoreland's Totally Unexpected (Male, Born Apr.2001)
Twincreekbanjo (Male, Born Apr.2007)
There were a total of 24 affected dogs listed on the website.  These are not dogs that are carriers by parentage, if they are, they were tested.  But dogs that were not tested, did not show up.  I'm sure this isn't a complete list.  Next, I will do hips through www.offa.org.

Shoreland Kennel (Breeder of Aussies and BC's)

I have decided to review this breeder because, when I came upon a website I got from Hob Nob's website, I looked up dogs affected with CEA, and Shoreland Kennel had a dog that had been affected.  The dog was born April 17th, 2001 and was named Shoreland's Totally Unexpected.  There is another dog, with the same parents who is classified as Normal.  As for the kennel, they have about 70 BC's and 34 Aussies.  These are the dogs mentioned on the website and the total is over 100 dogs.  Most of these dogs may be co-owned, but I am not willing to check each individual page for the dogs.  There website also says "We are just starting to think about retiring from breeding, and have select adults available for sale.  I want to take my time to find the right homes for my dogs, but I definately plan to downsize some.  Please contact us for information regarding these older finished champions and a few youngsters as well.  Stud dogs also available."  This is a direct quote from their Available Dogs page.  Of the pages I looked into, the dogs looked very healthy, with thick show BC coats.  The colors I've seen at the kennel are Black, Gold, Chocolate, Tricolor, Merle and Blue.  I personally would never buy a pup, because they have too much of a show dog look about them and I prefer a skinnier, working dog look with not such a large coat.
Overview
Registration---American Kennel Club (AKC)
Health Testing---Some Seen
How Puppies Are Raised---Mentions Nothing of How They Are Raised
Shipping---Unknown, Very Likely
Dogs/Puppies Health---All Appear Healthy
Website---Shoreland Kennel

Zig's Border Collies

This seems to be an excellent breeder.  The puppies are raised in the family's home, they offer a "puppy packet" to new owners of their puppies, she only ships by land because of her views on the air shipping experience, and the dogs/puppies are in great condition.  The one drawback to this breeder is that they do not mention that they do health testing on the dogs they breed and even if they do, they do not post the results of the testing for people looking into purchasing one of their pups.  But they do say that they keep very accurate records on each pup from the day they are born.  Personally, if they do health testing on their dogs, I would definitely purchase one of these puppies.
Overview
Registration---American Border Collie Association (ABCA)
Health Testing---Unknown
How Puppies Are Raised---In home, well socialized, accurate records of each pup
Shipping---Yes
Dogs/Puppies Health---All appear healthy, with good weight
Website---Zigs Border Collies