Post by vickyb on Nov 26, 2008 7:07:00 GMT -5
Our foster Maddy (non gap) is settling very well, think we might have cracked the house trg (she says optimistically 
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However I'm a bit worried about her front legs/feet. Will get them checked by vet but wondered what you thought.
She is thought to be 18mths but is quite loose and puppyish. Found some secure tennis courts to let her run in, she loves Gracie and goes after her but is very uncoordinated and her front feet point slightly outwards, had noticed that she stands like this too. As her feet land she looks as if her wrist joints are too flexed(?) instead of her foot being at a 90 degree ish angle it looks as if her leg is too far back so the angle is bigger, watched the others and their joint looks stiffer . After running less than a minute she stops and looks a bit uncomfortable but not breathless. Is it likely to be a tendon/ligament issue? Her legs are straight and chunky but her paws are very floppy when she's roaching.
We had a GS x retriever who had something similar but he didn't look so odd when he ran.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks, Vicky
)However I'm a bit worried about her front legs/feet. Will get them checked by vet but wondered what you thought.
She is thought to be 18mths but is quite loose and puppyish. Found some secure tennis courts to let her run in, she loves Gracie and goes after her but is very uncoordinated and her front feet point slightly outwards, had noticed that she stands like this too. As her feet land she looks as if her wrist joints are too flexed(?) instead of her foot being at a 90 degree ish angle it looks as if her leg is too far back so the angle is bigger, watched the others and their joint looks stiffer . After running less than a minute she stops and looks a bit uncomfortable but not breathless. Is it likely to be a tendon/ligament issue? Her legs are straight and chunky but her paws are very floppy when she's roaching.
We had a GS x retriever who had something similar but he didn't look so odd when he ran.
Does this sound familiar to anyone?
Thanks, Vicky