[Dailydrool] Duck Feet

[Sandi Wittenberg]

Sometimes puppies "go down on the pasterns" when they are teething.  I don't
know why, but I have observed it many times.  That is a condition that
corrects itself. 

 

A dog that has "loose wrists" looks like it is "paddling" when it walks.
Sometimes puppies do this as they are growing and it corrects itself as they
develop more muscle, but usually not.  It does not seem to be painful for
the dogs and is not something that needs to "corrected" unless it is painful
or debilitating in some way.  Bassets should walk on the pads of their feet;
the little tiny pad up the back of the foot/lower front leg should not touch
the ground.  The toes should not be splayed or spread apart.  In the show
ring, these things would be considered "faults", although not disqualifying
faults in and of themselves.  It would just make it much more difficult to
win, especially with a breeder judge who knows and understands the
standards.  I have seen a dog excused from the ring because it was VERY down
in the pasterns . the judge said the dog was sick.

 

Sandi Wittenberg

Red Bay Bassets

 

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