Good feet

[Snifferboy 659]

Can anybody describe to me what are deemed to be good feet in your dogs or if you have any pics, sad I know, but I would love to know what are good feet and what are bad.

 

Also I keep looking at my pups feet and the claws on the front are a lot longer than the one on the back, I figured this is a lot to do with the way they are used, but was wondering if they are too long or not? She gets a lot of exercise and we do cover quite a bit of ground on the road. I thought that this would be enough to keep them in check, could do with some answers if you got the time.

 

Many thanks

 

Sniffer

[Guest crobinc840]

They should be closed toes curved like cats paws. My dogs usually have shorter back nails than front, just trim them to the right lenght if it doesn't happen naturally.

 

[lofti 579]

dont worry mate,its not sad you asking

it can make a world of diffrence with a dogs running career,lurchers with bad feet can spend most of their time laid up due to

knocked up or even broken toes..

 

good feet are when the toes are tight together as opposed to having gaps in between them

also like the picc above the knukcles are arched instead of flat,

hence the term "flat footed"

 

 

[Guest stewie]

dont worry mate,its not sad you asking

it can make a world of diffrence with a dogs running career,lurchers with bad feet can spend most of their time laid up due to

knocked up or even broken toes..

 

good feet are when the toes are tight together as opposed to having gaps in between them

also like the picc above the knukcles are arched instead of flat,

hence the term "flat footed"

spot on lofti :thumbs:

[troter58 1,711]

the road work will keep the nails in good nick and keep the feet tight alb troter

[Snifferboy 659]

They should be closed toes curved like cats paws. My dogs usually have shorter back nails than front, just trim them to the right lenght if it doesn't happen naturally.

 

Thanks mate

[Snifferboy 659]

dont worry mate,its not sad you asking

it can make a world of diffrence with a dogs running career,lurchers with bad feet can spend most of their time laid up due to

knocked up or even broken toes..

 

good feet are when the toes are tight together as opposed to having gaps in between them

also like the picc above the knukcles are arched instead of flat,

hence the term "flat footed"

Thanks mate

[scotty2306 37]

both my dogs have really tight feet but tight feet dont mean good feet i say a good foot is 1 that never has probs regardless to wether they are flat or tight.one of mine has never had a problem the other knocked a toe up 2 month ago and now has calus and a big lump so tight feet still can injure ive seen flat footed dogs never have a problem i wouldnt worry

[black recking it 730]

some times the type of ground you run can be a problem for the dogs feet even if the dog is up on its toe,s or not just give the dogs nails a trim if you worried about them mate

[black recking it 730]

Can anybody describe to me what are deemed to be good feet in your dogs or if you have any pics, sad I know, but I would love to know what are good feet and what are bad.

 

Also I keep looking at my pups feet and the claws on the front are a lot longer than the one on the back, I figured this is a lot to do with the way they are used, but was wondering if they are too long or not? She gets a lot of exercise and we do cover quite a bit of ground on the road. I thought that this would be enough to keep them in check, could do with some answers if you got the time.

 

Many thanks

 

Sniffer

i dont think you find out if a dog has good feet till they are older ran all types of ground in all types of weather just my opinion