i recently showed off a lovely photo of my 15 week old pup, I'm very proud, the person said "I can see they have "bandy legs"! What does this mean? I didn't contest it with them, I was a little offended tbh. But what does this actually mean? Could my pup have a problem? Or am I being over sensitive?
The term ‘bandy legs’ means legs that appear curved or bent. Do you think your pup’s legs look straight? If they’re looking straight then I’d just dismiss this person’s comment. People are very free with their opinions which can often be a world away from fact
Do you mean the back legs? I think sometimes when Maisy is waddling along that her long back legs look a bit bandy but there are lots of labs I have seen the same, I would not consider that a problem just the way labs are. Rachael is right, too many people like to put in a comment that is offensive, although they probably don't realise it.
Thank you for your help, I must say I did feel really protective of her! Hubby thinks she looks just like other pups. Does it suggest hip displaysia if they weren't straight?
Yes I think he meant her back legs, and now I keep on analysing the way she walks, she's still so young, she runs just fine, but does have a puppy waddle about her. Thanks for your support, I will be looking at all the labs I see now to see if my Bonnie is any different. Thank you
Also, she isn't yet fully furry on her hips and underbelly, so sometimes when she sits on the slippy kitchen floor she has some bare skin visible on her hips, at what age do they totally fur up? She has grown a bit more in this cold snowy weather...
[QUOTE="Caro A, post: 339299, member: 8930"at what age do they totally fur up? QUOTE] Not sure overall but Maisy has grown a lot more on her underbelly in the last few months and she is 9 months now, there is still a non-furry bit low down. The fur is also longer than it was and she has cute tufts all over the place.
When my 3.5 year old sits on the smooth kitchen floor, his legs slide out and his hips look dreadful. He's otherwise normal, sitting or standing anywhere else.
Lots of Labs have bare tummies and not much fur on the inside of their back legs. Tilly has very little, Cooper more but still not at all like a Malamute or Samoyed.
A waddly walk isn’t something to worry about. A lot of Labradors walk with a bit of a waddle - it can be because they ‘pace’ which means taking a step with the two left legs together in sync then the two right legs together in sync. That makes their tummy bob from side to side which looks waddly. My dog does it. I would just ignore those comments about her legs. Won’t stop you examining the gait of every dog you see
I don't think there's a correlation there - you can one without the other, so try not to worry about displaysia unless you see other signs. I love the waddle. Coming from Rotties, who always have a very particular strut even as adults, to me this is normal and very endearing. My second dog didn't have the Rottie waddle until after his TPLO, so when afterwards his surgeon said, "He's going to have that gait now but try not to worry about it," my response was, "Worry about it? Finally he walks like he's supposed to!" Agreed. People get hooked on to strange things that make no difference at the least and at the most make your dog unique and special. I remember when my first pup was young and I kept getting comments about 'east-west toes' and finally had to ask the breeder what the heck that was about. Apparently people get upset about conformation if the toes are 'east-west' and I could only think, "Who the heck cares?" Guess that's why I don't show dogs!
I had to google east-west feet and found that it means feet that turn out or toe out a bit. Obi has slightly easty-westy feet too but it doesn’t seem to be holding him back any
