Weak Hindlegs - Page 1

http://youtu.be/y02fSx7s3yw
Dear all members
Kindly have a look at the above video and give your valuable suggestions. He is 9 month old GSD puppy

I don't really know other than to ask are you feeding that boy a Good Quality dog food? His front feet look odd to me also when he walks. Are you exercising that dog on a daily basis. He don't seem tto have good co-ordination. He is a nice looking dog, I would increase his exercise first off.

Unfortunately that's not an unusual problem in the modern type GSD.  Here is a video of show type GSDs at Crufts showing similar conformation and movement abnormalities.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_z3fgk9bQw

I would think that, as he mutures and soft tissue becomes stronger, he should improve in movement but there is always the possibility that, as he ages, natural degeneration will see problems with mobility re-occuring earlier than in a dog of normal construction.

Whoever took this video and decided to post it to the net really isn't being fair. The dogs on the video are pacing for the most part because the ring is way too small. They don't have enough room to open their shoulders or follow through behind.  One dog is fighting the handling. They would probably not be good movers, but IMO they would look a lot better if they were trained correctly to gait at the end of a loose lead and in a bigger ring.

I hope the producer of this video was polite enough to ask the owners for their permission before they sent it to the net. Interesting to also note that these are NOT ASL's, they are GSL's.

The OP has already received a lot of responses to the same concerns in another thread.

I didn't see it on the other side until after I posted here and it did get great responses over there. I did not even look at the other video Blitzen, obviously someone with a motive took it,

never mind......

THe video - a small ring and bad handling, yes there probably would be some improvement in movement in a better situation but to list these as the cause is not regonising that the problem's root cause is extreme conformation.

Other large breeds have rings of the same size at Crufts, breeds of normal construction - Labradors, Bernese, Setters, Malinois etc etc.  You won't see this same type of faulty movement in those breeds.

The OP's dog.  Same situation here.  There could be other conditions contributing to this dog's problems but the root cause of his weakness in the rear is over-angulation.

I am locking this thread as we have the exact same thread in the GSD forum. Would members who commented here please post to the other thread, thank you. mrdarcy (admin)