Perhaps paws are the most easily overlooked part of a dog, because all dog paws are like that, nothing special. So we are often indifferent to dog paws. It is precisely because we usually pay less attention to it that it may be easier to ignore some problems and have many misunderstandings about dog paws.
First, what are the good-looking dog paws? Aren't they all the same?
In fact, you can see the difference if you look closely. Some dogs' paws are round, arched and buckled on four toes, just like cats' paws. We call it a cat's paw. Some dogs have long claws with two toes sticking out in the middle, just like rabbits' feet. They are called rabbit claws. Do you know that some dogs have duck-like fins between their toes, which are very suitable for swimming, but we can't call them duck feet because they don't look like duck feet. In addition, some dogs have big and thick feet, like wearing two pairs of snow boots, with a lot of protective hair between their toes and pads.
Second, all dogs' toes are the first five and the last four, and wolves' toes are degenerated toes, whether they are needed or not.
Some dogs are born with wolf toes on their hind legs, usually because of bad genes. It is indeed a degraded part, which does not make much sense. Of course, it can be removed. Cutting off the wolf's toes is usually performed within 10 days after the puppy is born. This is a very simple surgical operation. The significance of this operation is to avoid the pain caused by accidental injury of the wolf's toe and the overgrowth of the wolf's toe embedded in the limbs in the future, and some of it is also the requirement of people for the beauty of dogs. A pair of long straight legs may spoil the overall effect because of the wolf's toes.
In the field of professional dog shows, not all dogs have to have their wolf toes removed, so there are three categories: must be removed, can be removed and cannot be removed. Both the Great White Bear and the Anatolian Shepherd can give birth to two wolf toes on one hind leg. The former must be kept, while the latter is allowed to be deleted.
A standard dog's feet are absolutely not allowed to open.
Yes, a pair of feet with toes forward and standing straight look healthy. It's hard to imagine what an adult Du Binquan, a great Dan or a lady can achieve. But if it is Scotland with its front foot slightly outward, it may not be judged by the judges because of this influence. Because its external characteristics are acceptable. The standard is not mechanical, nor does it take into account the characteristics of the dog breed. This can actually be called "recognized defect" because this defect will not affect the health of this dog breed.
These problems are some misunderstandings about dog paws, which shows that many problems are not what we think. These misunderstandings show that we don't know enough about dogs, and there are still many things to learn if we want to raise dogs well.