Q: What's so beautiful about dog paws? Aren't they all the same?
A: Yes, look around, look up and down, it's all dog feet. That's because all dogs have basically the same foot bone structure, and we haven't carefully observed and compared it. They can only be distinguished by their external characteristics. Some dogs' paws are round, arched and buckled on four toes, just like cats' paws. We call them cat claws. 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.
Different foot types come from the differences in their growing environment and working methods, as well as the aesthetic education of human beings. As the saying goes, one side of the soil and water raises one side's feet.
Q: All dogs' toes are the first five and the last four, and wolves' toes are degenerated toes, whether you want them or not.
A: If you change "all" to "most", it will be established. 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.
Dogs admit to allowing "external eight-character" defects
Beijing Terrier, Bullfighting, Kane, Dandy Damon, Scotland, Staffordshire Bullfighting, West Highland White, Welsh Corgi (Sweater), Weenie.
Note: the above dogs are allowed to be extroverted to different degrees, and cannot be generalized. Stafford bullfighting even allows claws to be fully opened, while Dandy Ding Meng only allows very slight extroversion.
Q when the dog walks, the toenails can run in by themselves and don't need to be cut. Besides, how can they walk without toenails?
Dogs are no longer wild animals. There is absolutely no need for them to run around to survive. The toenails they wear in normal play can no longer meet the growth rate of offset toenails. Therefore, it is necessary to cut your toenails. Some owners don't cut the dog's toenails all the year round, which causes the toenails to break and crack, making the dog miserable. In addition, dogs walk on the ground by foot pads, which has nothing to do with toenails. Dragging 16 long toenails, not to mention the burden of walking, in the long run, it is inevitable to develop into flat feet. In case the floor is smooth and the dog can't catch every toe, it will become an external figure and will be deformed when walking.