dog can trot - Page 1

great top speed and when he finds his rythm will trot for hours, pads are tough.

temperauture has dropped after a long hot summer, getting them in shape for the winter season.

yes the sign on the tree is real, trust your proofing?

 

Nice easy jog. The mother dog of my last litter trots at 15 mph easily. I could not keep up with her on a bike less it was all downhill. Lol
The heat there must be terrible.

Some of the GSD's I've seen trialing for their AD next to a bike paced for the duration because the rider can't pedal fast enough to break them out of a pace into a trot. The same thing is often seen  in the breed ring too when the handler can't run fast enough or the ring is not large enough. Seeing a dog free gaiting is probably the best way to evaluate it's movement.

Interesting video, vk.

Blitzen, some dogs simply can´t gait accordingly - and almost all of them need a lot of training for the gaiting on the shows.

Dogs do what feels best for them and what serves their needs.  As a child I was raised on a farm with cattle and livestock.  My brother and I ran everywhere because walking was too slow and took too much time.  If the cattle needed herding a small child walking was not going to get the job done so we were human Border Collies.  Dogs raised with room to run and distance to cover develop gaits to deal with their life. 

Not sure
how to interpret some comments, people think the dog has a problem gaiting??

I don't see anything wrong.

I do not see anything wrong with the trot that your GSD is doing.... He is in very good shape and moves very nice.

Nothing wrong with your boy, VK

Susie I would rely on you to say so if there was so its reassuring you say there isn't. The dogs rear feet perfectly step in the tracks of the front, his limbs move like a pendulum precisely in a plane and his back is as level as it gets, no vertical bobbing or lateral wobbling that I can see. I thought some were suggesting the show style flying trot over extension thing is natural and efficient, its not.