Flat Feet With Lurchers !!

[Benny684lovley 22]

Hi all! ......my bitch is 11months old and she's in all round good condition and I want too keep her that way of corse. Studying other people's lurchers I've noticed a few with very flat feet that have seemed to have lost there arch in there toes. Has anyone had this problem and know why the toes and developed this flat straight shape to them??? Many thanks.

[desertbred 5,490]

Usually see it if saluki or even greyhound is in the mix, they tend not to have cat feet.

[weasellurcher 113]

Or bull? Aren't they susceptible to flat feet? Don't really know tbh but my bitch is half greyhound and she hasn't got flat feet! Just a f****d up toe lol

[BGD 6,436]

Some bulls have shocking feet but others have real nice tight feet, depends on the lines I guess.

 

Roadwork can help tighten feet up but if they're genetically bad they'll never be tight cat feet no matter what you do.

[jeemes 4,468]

You are more likely to see flat feet in bull blooded dogs. A lot of salukis Ive noticed have what they call Hare feet which are a different shape but still good feet and not to be confused with flat feet which are a very bad thing in running dogs. If your pup has very flat feet please dont think you can cure it with road work because you wont. Its a genetic fault that has been ignored and bred in instead of out.

[slip lead 862]

Not all dogs are born with this problem, lack of exercise and bad kennels can be the problem with a lot of flat feet.

[Moorside 642]

Judged one last summer which was wheaten bull grey that had completely splayed flat feet. I asked the bloke if it had bad problems with its feet he said it was totally fine other than that it was a very well put together animal built for its job, but as I said very poor looking feet.

[Allan P 1,149]

Do flat feet hinder the dogs performance?

[Somewhereyournot 1,117]

Iv not seen a greyhound with bad feet or flat feet rather. And my pup 3/4 grey fantastic feet. My other dog is 3/4 grey, again robust tough as f**k feet.

Always see shit feet in beddy or bull.

But have seen fantastic feet on both as well.

As jeemes said, no amount of fitness on concrete will rain flat feet, all that does is keep nail trim so feet stand properly

[desertbred 5,490]

Salukis have the most robust feet of all , as for not seeing a greyhound with bad feet I will pass on that but back in the lines greys have Bull. What causes dropped toes and flat foot appearance are badly conformed hocks and pasterns. some pups if to much time spent on soft ground and grass can also contribute , you can some times rectify slight drops by road work but not to over do itwith young dogs with green bones.

[jeemes 4,468]

Judged one last summer which was wheaten bull grey that had completely splayed flat feet. I asked the bloke if it had bad problems with its feet he said it was totally fine other than that it was a very well put together animal built for its job, but as I said very poor looking feet.

You should have asked his dog really because its him who will be suffering the pain and discomfort. Why do you think they dont want you in the army with flat feet? If a man can get out of going to war because of them it must be serious.

[jeemes 4,468]

Iv not seen a greyhound with bad feet or flat feet rather. And my pup 3/4 grey fantastic feet. My other dog is 3/4 grey, again robust tough as f**k feet.

Always see shit feet in beddy or bull.

But have seen fantastic feet on both as well.

As jeemes said, no amount of fitness on concrete will rain flat feet, all that does is keep nail trim so feet stand properly

Some greys have terrible feet mate. Ive only seen hare feet on collies but not flat.

[Benny684lovley 22]

Yeah my pups feet are fine but just wanted to hear some examples and maybe why and how some feet go like that appreciate the comments thanks.

[Bosun11 537]

The older i get the more i know that there is no such thing as 'bad feet', not in looks anyway! Feet come in all shapes and types due to the different crosses that are in our dogs.

Some of the best dogs can have feet that damage easily and some of them started off with perfect toes, its a pain when thats the case but if your dogs that good what ya gonna do...

And then there's the ones that feck up because they usually have an unfit dog attached to em... No excuses there!!!

[j1985 1,983]

One of the best bunny dogs Iv seen had shit feet that turnt out too! Always caught them ones other dogs would have missed. Collie Whippet Bull Grey

 

A mate who's been in the game 40 odd years said his best dog he ever had had f***ing awful flat feet yet done the lot and a lot of it pre ban. Deer X Grey

 

As long as they get the job done surely that's all that matters. The problem for me would be would I breed from a dog like the deer X grey I mentioned risking possibly throwing more shit feet even tho I knew it didn't hinder his performance.

Edited June 11, 2016 by j1985