World's Most Expensive Dog - Page 2

the pastern is what is above the front paws.....

 

I know that but is a german shepherd suppost to walk on the whole pastern and the hock?

If it does is that not due to a weak pastern?

YR

American/Canadian showline dogs often have more elasticity than other lines, and the hind leg can be brought farther forward than just under the hip joint. It is done to give more slope and can also be used to hide a softer or sway back.

Still, If you see this dog Ulk Wikingerblut with the right rear too far forward.
Ulk Wikingerblut here with the leg farther back, and the topline looks to sway, plus the dog is higher up in the rear.

Art Luansport with Hock on floor stack



 

I really enjoyed the excesses thread, and since then, doing the duplicates/cleanup on this database have found many interesting things, and in ALL bloodlines to some degree. If you ever wondered about something, now you can just ask :-)
Here another big headed massive dog not from China:
Nelson Polícia-Slovakia

I notice Art does slant but he is not totally sunk on his hock and is firmly standing on foot with a higher rear and firmly not all his weight on the hock
Nelson is a large boy and you can see he too is firmly on foot with a slant on hock but shows he is firmly not sunk on it...
I noticed another dog in Nelsons pedigree three gen back Barinja stands the same way...His dam and sire do not as they are up on foot in stack pics.

 

YR, it's definitely mostly an American SL thing. I hate it, but there ya go. If I understand the reason for it, the loose joints give the dog more elasticity in the stride, so it can get a bigger push with the rear foot. The downside is it also causes the rear legs to wobble! They may also not be able to open up fully, and show the rear pads at the end of the stride.

You can find the odd German dog built like this, especially since the German show lines are being bred for more angulation.