cow legged

[top hunter kyle 1]

right im just wondering what is cow legged is it bad for your dog or dosent it really matter i would just like all off your opinions as iv got a new pup and my dad said he thinks it might be cow legged , thanks

[stainlee 27]

right im just wondering what is cow legged is it bad for your dog or dosent it really matter i would just like all off your opinions as iv got a new pup and my dad said he thinks it might be cow legged , thanks

Do you mean cow hocked

[SMART DOG 340]

right im just wondering what is cow legged is it bad for your dog or dosent it really matter i would just like all off your opinions as iv got a new pup and my dad said he thinks it might be cow legged , thanks

think he may have meant bow legged

[Wardyuk 0]

ive heard the word cow legged or words to them effect before, some fella said its good that my dog doesnt have it, but didnt understand what he meant

[Moorman 1 1,346]

I think he means cowhocked

[ReggieCuz 18]

I think he means cowhocked too.

[Keeps 403]

Cow hocked is where the back legs turn outwards. If you look at the dog from the back if the dog is cow hocked its legs will curve outwards.

[ReggieCuz 18]

from my understanding of it, it's when you look at your dog's back legs as it's walking and see that they come together at the knee.

[dytkos 17,784]

Means the same, don't want it in a dog. Look at a cow from the back,

do you want your dogs legs to look like that? No way!

Cheers, D.

[bendrover 556]

right im just wondering what is cow legged is it bad for your dog or dosent it really matter i would just like all off your opinions as iv got a new pup and my dad said he thinks it might be cow legged , thanks

just not nice to look at ,but wont affect your dogs performance

[jeffers 3]

How old is your pup mate. Some young dogs do look cow hocked but straighten out as they get older. I wouldn't worry about it to much. Only matters if your going to show your dog anyway. ATB Jeffers

[Keeps 403]

Very true Jeffers

[ReggieCuz 18]

Yeah, it's a showdog thing more than anything else. Of course you don't want a dog with exagerated knock knees or pigeon toes or front legs that bow out like Arnie Scharzeneger cos that'd f**k with it's performance. But a slight knock knee or pigeon toed back legs doesn't matter.

An old Bully/Labrador I had had knock knees and she worked for 10 years. She did suffer from arthritis though, I spent a fortune on anti inflammatories for her. But that was genetic, not cos of her knees.

[redcharge 378]

Seen a couple of cow hocked dogs run with no problems at all, who gives a feck what they look like? its what they do in the field that counts.

[Skinny 29]

in my opinion a lurcher being cow hocked means his back hocks are touching when walks or runs i consider this a serious fault in a lurcher and will have a detrimental effect on the dogs pace and turning will be affffected. Risk of injury will also increase. As mentioned before it can be seen in pup's and it will grow out of it i see it often in dog's poorly fed and reared in cramped damp condition's. I would never buy a lurcher with this condition.