zena legs

hya people well zena has just turned 6 week she went to the vets last week and got checked out everything came back ok but iam sure shes got something wrong with her back legs does doesnt seem really strong on them she jumps about and runs. the vet said its normal because shes young plus her having a fat belly doesnt help. i know she hasnt got hip dysplasia. if u look at this video you mite get a chance to see her legs cheers iam really worried.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-OFcVeodhyI

also this video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVuYaq0YIMQ

Her legs seem a bit loose in her hips. I noticed it in one of her other videos. I don't know if that's a bad thing, though, it may just be because she's young. I'd keep an eye on her walk.

Here's how Saxon walks, I thought there was something wrong with his hips, but I've been told it's a relatively normal walk:

I always say staffys don't walk.. they toddle !!

they just seem wide iam worried

havnt got the money for a xray or any other scans

when I first saw Dempsey he was 6 weeks old, and he had trouble keeping his back legs in check! They wobbled & slid everywhere!

Look at him now......................

rang vets it mite work out £212.78p eeek lol.

just going to pay the £30 for the check up and i hope to god vet says shes ok otherwise its xray which means putting her to sleep. i no iam mite be going overboard but i love her to bits and i want her to be safe and healthy

Seriously, all 6 week old pups have wobbly back legs. They just haven't had time to build up their muscles yet. It'll come. By the time she's 10 weks old, you'll be wishing she wasn't as strong as she is!

shes well strong in front only other day she was draggin blades big kong about. iam just parrinoid because i got her early and i got blade just after 8 weeks and he was solid. other people what are coming round saying her legs are knackard arent helping matters awell

looks completly normal, mouse was just the same, now she has propper muscle-y back legs. They have there own "walk" and mouse is hillarious with how she does stairs. I wouldnt worry about it atall.

All of Cassie's pups woddled lol she's still finding their feet, keep in mind generally pups are not supposed to be running around as freely as this until about 8 weeks when they are ready physically and mentall, in the wild they don't even venture out of the den until 8weeks, so don't worry yourself about it check again in a couple of weeks and i am sure she would of found her feet, she seems very sure of herself btw and that might also be why she has such a wide stance if you get my meaning and because she has a wide stance her little joints don't know what to do about it at the moment.I'm sure she will be fine.

yeah when Winston runs towards us he runs sideways like a crab!!

..well he is only nearly 8 weeks old!!

scott61985 wrote:shes well strong in front only other day she was draggin blades big kong about. iam just parrinoid because i got her early and i got blade just after 8 weeks and he was solid. other people what are coming round saying her legs are knackard arent helping matters awell

Don't listen to em! She's very young, and I doubt they've ever seen a pup that young themselves, so what do they know? The Border Collie pups I bred were wobbly up until about 9 or 10 weeks, and there was nothing at all wrong with their legs. And as I said, Dempsey at 6 weeks was all over the place, he couldn't keep his back legs in the right place to hold him up & he seemed very weak, but he's as strong as an ox now! Don't forget their muscles at that age haven't had enough time to strengthen, but they soon will.

Caryll wrote:

scott61985 wrote:shes well strong in front only other day she was draggin blades big kong about. iam just parrinoid because i got her early and i got blade just after 8 weeks and he was solid. other people what are coming round saying her legs are knackard arent helping matters awell

Don't listen to em! She's very young, and I doubt they've ever seen a pup that young themselves, so what do they know? The Border Collie pups I bred were wobbly up until about 9 or 10 weeks, and there was nothing at all wrong with their legs. And as I said, Dempsey at 6 weeks was all over the place, he couldn't keep his back legs in the right place to hold him up & he seemed very weak, but he's as strong as an ox now! Don't forget their muscles at that age haven't had enough time to strengthen, but they soon will.

thanks for all the advice i would be lost without people on here ><

I've said it before, but I wish there had been forums like this when I had my first dogs! I wouldn't have made half the mistakes I made back then.

Aww i hope her legs are alrite im sure they will be i always thought kaiser walked funny when he was little and he is fine now

Just checked the vids out she looks so much like kaiser

Awww all your dogs are so lovely and so good looking. Your teeny tiny girls legs I think is a simple case of her strengthening her muscles etc as time goes by and as she matures in her own time. I can see what you mean re being 'wide' but again as everything matures, develops and tightens you'll ask yourself what was all the worry about? lol! Plus she is a staff.a fter all and quite alot of them have that bow legged stance at the back. Our old boy did

Your dog is still a baby.Give it time before making any Judgements/Spending money about her development.That's my opinion.

I think we all worry far to much for our own good when it comes to our dogs, it's because we love them so much.

well she had her 8 week jab on thur i asked the vet about her legs she said some puppies have bowed legs and if she walks while like bunny hoping and strugling to walk then get worryed. she runs about fine can even get up the stairs just some times her legs just dont look right and strong even more so when i look back at videos of blade at 8 week. and i wont tell shes got hip dysplasia till shes 6 to 12 months

Skyes got wide back legs aswell but I'm not worried she runs round fine she walks fine well woddles I jist say she's so teeny with a wide figure lol vinnie was the same he's grew imto his legs now lol!

She's looks fine to me harvey was a right woddler when he was about that age, TBH i think staffy's have funny walks anyway!

she looks ok to me nakita is very bow legged, when she walks she reminds me of a cowboy just getting off a horse lol and she runs about fine. nakita had me worried at first as she didnt seem very stable but she bombs about the garden like something not right lol even next doors cats had a run for its money lol xx

im worried about nakitas front leg, the left one seems straight but her right one seems to bend at the 'knee' part. she runs fine and it doesnt seem to hurt her just wondering if its normal

Can you post a pic?

Don't forget, she's only 2 months old - she has plenty of time to strengthen.

A poor diet can effect the legs and how they develop, im sure its not the case here.
We all have different walks dogs the same but the stafford should walk four square and parallel the legs being pulled from the front and pushed from the back but it takes a puppy time to learn to co-ordinate the power and drive movement.

poor diet could be correct tho. when we got her she was eating adult dog biscuits from her parents bowl and she was just over 5 wks. ive got her on james wellbeloved mixed with small amount of lactol to help her. she has very long skinny legs and a fat belly lol so suppose that doesnt help. she has her 2nd dose of imms next wednesday ill just mention it to the vet then. xx