Wolf trotting - Page 8

No Joanro you do not understand/get what I am saying and that is why you are disagreeing. You are talking about landing/striking the ground and that is the last thing done in a trot cycle when rear foot is totally under body then strikes the ground. I am talking a little before that, I will explain again: When rear hock is moving forward and it is exactlty vertical on groung, the toes should not touch/drag on ground, if they do they will get hurt on solid terrain, but in the video Many dogs do that and that is wrong, happens only in extremely angulated hindquarters That is best I can clarify 

You are making yourself understood, now.
Yes, the dog can't clear the ground when bringing the foot forward because of over angulation... There is no LIFT in the gait.

Yes, yes, that's it

Eureka !!

I thought I saw some of the dogs dragging their rear toes as they moved the limb forward. Even if they don't drag their toes the movement seems unnatural to me. I know these dogs can cover a lot of ground but there is a point where there is too much leg to tuck under the body. The joints have to work in a range that is too much versus a dog with more moderate angulation.

 Exactly Markobytes, you widened up the look at this exaggerated trot's disadvantages to effortless long lasting yet safe one for the dog

Toe dragging is a problem within the AmLines.

When you lower the dog's rear by arching the back, and angling the pelvis, ( German show lines) it is even harder to tuck the leg under the body. Here's how much a dog with a lot of rear angulation has to angle its hind leg to do that: Over the long term, this can't be good for the joints!