[ SHOWGSD-L ] hockwalkers vs correct movement / callouses
- From: Pinehillgsds@xxxxxxx
- To: Stormy435@xxxxxxx, Tigra12@xxxxxxx, showgsd-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 6 Jul 2005 07:36:15 EDT
In a message dated 7/5/2005 6:33:20 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
Stormy435@xxxxxxx writes:
I have mentioned a couple of times about a pup that I had, that by 6 months
had huge callouses on his elbows BECAUSE of the way he lay with his elbows
akimbo. Those callouses grow as they are basically necrotic skin that
builds
layer by layer. I don't think we can attribute them to one single cause,
really.
Boy, that would have driven me nuts! But, no, we shouldn't have all sorts
of lumps, bumps and oddities on the backs of our dogs' hocks. All dogs sit, a
lot of dogs go up and down stairs, feet are for walking, not the backs of
their hocks. Every now and again I'll see a puppy out and about who doesn't
have a callous yet, all sore and raw looking. news flash! That's not
"normal"
and you can talk about drive and suspension all day long, but I don't want
babies with bloody hocks.
I don't need to diagnose it (too long a hock, way too much rear angulation,
faulty rear configuration, too loose ligamentation?), I don't need to defend
it, I sure as h*** don't want to discuss it with a companion home or their
vet, I don't want to have to say a novena to hope it improves, I don't need to
second guess it, I just don't want it.
Kathy
three generations of Dual Titled Champions live here!
visit _Pine Hill German Shepherd Dogs_
(http://www.geocities.com/pinehillgsds/)
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