Straight legs

[rasmy]

Hi all,
My 8 month old male Rottweiler has a kind of crooked legs!!
when you look at him from the front his legs is not straight it is pointing outword!! So what is this?? My vet told me to increase calcium (I'm Feeding BARF), I did for one week now??
So what do u think? Anybody with similar experience? Is this will remail forever?
You can see his pics at http://groups.msn.com/JohnnyRotty/shoebox.msnw

[rottcrazed]

Most Rottweiler puppies are a little easty-westy as puppies because they have a large chest to drop as they age, but extremes in this is not a good sign. From what I can tell from the photos, your boy is going to have a bit of a fiddle front. Hard to tell without seeing his movement or his natural stack, but by 8 months, most of the puppy crookedness is gone with some allowances for a chest yet to drop.

Kristi

[guberdog]

My Rottie has always had feet like that. He's four years old now, and it has never corrected. I wonder about the long-term effects, my vet doesn't seem alarmed.

[rottcrazed]

As far as having legs like that are concerned, it really shouldn't affect his quality of life, but if he was sold as a show dog, you should be contacting the breeder because he needs to have a straight front.

If he was sold as a pet, then don't worry about it.

Kristi