Why does a dog lie with legs back?
and it reminded me of how my Jake used to lie with his legs back, looking so long and thin like a hot dog. I just realized that Mulligan never lays down that way. He is always in the froggy position or off to the side, or lying down completely on his side. Hmmmm..... Now Jake supposedly had Hip Dysplasia and arthritis in the hips. So far so good with Mulligan. But why doesn't he stretch out like that? Is that good, bad or indifferent? |
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| I don't know... none of my dogs lay stretched out like that, but Sky loves to stretch and does it all the time... her hips are excellent. I've often heard if they run like a "bunny hop" it can indicate hip displaysia as well, but so far that has not been true with my dogs, all have run in a bunny hop at one time or another and none have HD. |
| Did you see the video that Val posted about the bunny hop?
Your girls don't run like that from what I've seen. Like Val said, once you see the bunny hop for real... |
| Chopin Bunny hops elmost every time the weather is good and I take of him leash--usually ts a running hop bjut I've actually watched him just hop from time to time which I can't help but laugh at. I never thougt of it being displaysia as he was confirmed healthy by doctors and before I got him from the breeder, just thought it was another funny sheepie trait |
oesdoll wrote: Chopin Bunny hops elmost every time the weather is good and I take of him leash--usually ts a running hop bjut I've actually watched him just hop from time to time which I can't help but laugh at. I never thougt of it being displaysia as he was confirmed healthy by doctors and before I got him from the breeder, just thought it was another funny sheepie trait
Unless its very severe - you won'tbe able to tell about dysplasia on a young dog. You need to do the 2 year xrays. |
| I want to see the link Val posted of the bunny hop. Where is it Ron? Work your magic? |
Valerie wrote: Here is a short video of Chumley running bunny-hop style. It is not the best quality but you can see she starts out running with her legs moving separately and then she tries to protect her right hip by moving that leg in tandem with her left rear leg. You can see that her whole rear end moves very stiffly. She splits back to normal again at the end and her butt wiggles like normal. And here she is coming toward me. This is just for all those people who knew Chum when she was a slug. Now she's an active go-getter. She was moving so fast I could hardly keep the camera on her face. (Well, I should have squatted down, but with my bum knee, that's not so fun anymore. . . ) I might try to get a better version of the bunny hop. It is really obvious when viewed from the side but I may have to get a friend involved to get Chum to run perpendicular to me. |
| oh Chopin's doesn't look like that, he truly looks as if he is hoping for joy to be outside--generally about two hops before he begins to run about--I'll try to get a video of of it next time he does it--I have honestly seen him use all four legs to hop (vertical up and down) when he gets really excited or playful. |
oesdoll wrote: oh Chopin's doesn't look like that, he truly looks as if he is hoping for joy to be outside--generally about two hops before he begins to run about--I'll try to get a video of of it next time he does it--I have honestly seen him use all four legs to hop (vertical up and down) when he gets really excited or playful.
Rags does that too. We call it her Tigger bounce.  |
Thank you Ron for finding the link  |
| Maggie used to put her legs behind her like that, more so when she was a puppy. I don't think I've ever seen Barney do it. I just assumed he didn't do it because he has bad hips... |
| Puppies can do this because their hips arent full grown and their growth plates arent closed yet. Older dogs hips form solid when full grown. Older dogs that lay with their hips back indicate hip displasia, but they can do it with mild or severe displaysia so you really wont know which it is until you take some rads. |
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