What should a lurcher type dogs feet look like?

[Guest FTBBTH]

hi ive been reading alot of posts/threads about lurchers feet, bout them being too flat, too big, too small, too rigid, what should a 'working' lurchers feet look like?

 

i will put some pictures of my 7/8 saluki's feet on as im not sure what they should look like? i think theyre fine, he seems to be able to turn quick, and get pick up speed rapidly, but alot of people have been saying his feet are too big and too flat, and someone told me that you can only get rigid up right feet off of road walks, so should a real 'working' lurcher have rigid feet? or flaat feet?

[Simoman 110]

Tight feet ideally, although i have seen plenty of good dogs that have poor feet...........

[Guest FTBBTH]

Tight feet ideally, although i have seen plenty of good dogs that have poor feet...........

 

cheers for the advice simoman but what would you class as poor feet and what would you class as tight feet?

[Guest FTBBTH]

front feet

back feet

front foot

[Guest dances]

they look fine mate

[jamiew 11]

depends what ground you running on i suppose,seen alot worse,atb jamiew

[Guest FTBBTH]

my dog runs on rape stuble, grass, sarlage, and moor land, nothing really rough.

[Simoman 110]

Those feet are fine...........

[boyo 1,398]

being totally honest here ive seen tight cat feet and flat feet with long toes and as long as the nails are kept short and neat and tidy it hasnt made a lot of differance to how the dogs run and turn. ive had as many injuries over the years with either type of feet /toes. the only timei look for a nice cat foot up on the toe is if ime judging because then its about beauty and looks asyou will never tell by looking at them how they perform in the feild.

[skycat 6,174]

They look like reasonably typical Saluki lurcher feet: has the dog got Saluki in it? Collie types have similar feet. The bones look good and solid, and the claws aren't over long.

 

The front feet are always slightly different to the hind feet, which often appear tighter with more arch to the toes than the front feet (unless the toes have dropped due to injury) The front feet do appear more splayed on a lot of dogs, and it is normal for the two middle toes to be longer than the inside and outside toes as well. If the toes were all the same length then the dog would damage the inner and outer toes when turning, and the two middle toes need to be longer to provide traction when running.

 

Collie types generally have smaller feet than Saluki types which have evolved to run over soft ground: sand etc. Big feet offer a better grip on a shifting surface. Nowt wrong with big feet on a dog, though the faster types of dog usually have smaller feet. Having said that, with so much mixed breeding in lurchers you sometimes get a food that is the wrong shape for the rest of the dog or its running style.

 

Edited to add: sorry, didn't read your post properly: of course they're Saluki feet :laugh:

[WILF 49,667]

I know for a fact it should have 4 of them if this helps.

 

I would have thought that as a profit breeder and hare coursing enthusiast who can give chapter and verse on the pedigree of your bitch that gos back to such and such a dog, you would have known if the feet were ok or not...........or was all that just a load of shite to help sell your salukis and plummers?

Edited August 2, 2011 by WILF

[skycat 6,174]

Oh, Wilf: you're sooo cruel :tongue2:

[munster man 120]

an educated guess a load of shite

[Guest FTBBTH]

cheers for the advice boyo and skycat

 

wilf, all i can say, if im such a peddlar, why dont you bring your best terrier or your best lurcher, and we will see whos dogs works the best?

 

and i could of expected a couple of thl know it alls to come and spoil the thread cheers lads

[WILF 49,667]

 

wilf, all i can say, if im such a peddlar, why dont you bring your best terrier or your best lurcher, and we will see whos dogs works the best?

 

 

I dont have a best.......I have one of each