normal or abnormal? - Page 1

Hello there everyone,

I am a newbie at dogs so I want you guys to kindly have a look at this pup and share your views about it.
I feel something wrong with his legs but I dont know if its normal or something abnormal. Please share your views.
The pup is 2 months old. 






Thanks in Advance

What do you think is wrong and why?

Also pictures of him standing up, side, front, and rear would help too.

When the puppy is viewed lying down it is difficult to see the legs at all. The only thing I can see wrong with this puppy is excessive cuteness! Adorable puppy!
jackie harris

Just on that picture, where all we can see is the front legs,
puppy looks completely normal.  Like the others, I would
want to see more pix and from better angles, plus a des-
cription from you, as to what the problem is ?   Or are you
just worrying too much LOL ?

I assume the question is about the white hair on the paws. Nothing wrong really, not a fault indeed, often times this little bit of white hairs will disappear or vanish among the darker hairs and become invisible. In regards to white nails or light colored nails as a puppy, that is not a fault but it is a fault if it remains as an adult, why it is considered a fault? because it is a sign of weak pigment.

Ibrahim

Ibrahim, Simon already knows the white marks will probably
fade as the dog grows up, they are not massive anyway, are
they.  So I assume he is worried about something other than
that this time ?  Thought he meant the amount of bone / 'knuckle',
maybe ?  Although I don't think he's mentioned the pale toenails
before, so you could be right there - in which case you have told
him where that's at, now he really has to wait until the pup is older
to see what happens on that point too, as the dog is still very young.
I don't think he is considering sending it back anyway, although
he does want to Show it when its old enough.

Thank you everyone for the replies.

The thing am worried about is that somebody told me he might get rickets and suggested me to take him to a vet after seeing this picture.
The person  even asked if the pup walks sideways, but I havent noticed him walk sideways until 2 days ago and not after that.

Ibrahim I am not at all worried about the white marks which I was sometime back as Linda and some friends on PDB helped me alot in answering my questions and convienced me that its not a poblem.

This is my first pup so there are many many many things I am unaware of and I look forward to some support from you guys in future just as you have provided now. Really Thankful to everyone!
 
I will try to take some more pictures from different angles which is very difficult LOL.



Simon

Simon, sorry for my wrong assumption which I based on the most obvious thing in that pic which to me was the little white hairs, lol. I'm sure the other guys will be of help when you post some more pics. What you're inquiring about is beyond me, I will sit back and learn from what replies you get. Good luck to you and the cute puppy.

Simon, was the person's concern abour Ricketts based on anything
specific ?

Ricketts is always a possiblility, but usually quite a remote one.  Things
you can do to avoid it =  make sure the pup has a well balanced diet,
including Vitamin D and Phosphorus  (but neither of these in excessive
amounts);  fresh air and sunlight, as much as possible.   Don't over-walk
him or let him sit in direct heat of the sun, but nonethless be sure that he
gets out and about in plenty of daylight.  Sunlight interacts with the diet
to build strong bone.  Go ahead and show us more photos as soon as
you can, but judging by the one above  his legs look straight enough and
long enough to me so far - nothing like a dog I did know with Rickets in
his puppyhood, as he grew his legs were shorter and bendier than they
should be, and looked not big enough for his body (which grew normal
sized).  You could add human grade raw minced beef to his diet if you
can get it, can't remember but I think you said you have him on a complete
dried food ?  This was what my mentor used with her pup;  he did not
absorb his (good quality) food as well as his littermates did, so remedial
action was taken - once we found out what it was;  we see so little Rickets
in western society these days.  There are a couple of old threads on here
if you search for Rickets, which will tell you in more detail about this bone 
disease,  and what to look for & how to treat it.  Hopefuly though it won't
come to him getting it !

Vitamin D is important because it helps the body to manufacture the right
Calcium levels it needs;  Phosphorus then works, in the correct ratio to
calcium, to establish the right bone density.