Hindquarters Flashcards
Wide, well rounded, very muscular. Legs well boned, good bend of stifle, short below hock allowing for plenty of drive.
Cocker Spaniel
Hindlegs well let down. Stifles and hocks moderately bent. Thighs broad, muscular, well developed. Coarse hocks undesirable.
English Springer Spaniel
Loins wide, slightly arched, strong and muscular, legs well muscled including second thigh, stifles well bent and thighs long from hip to hock, hock inclining neither in nor out and well let down.
English Setter
General appearance: Viewed from behind straight and parallel. Good angulation in stifles and hocks, strong bone.
Upper thigh: Long, broad and muscular, with good angulation between pelvis and femur.
Stifle: Strong, with good angulation of upper and lower thigh.
Lower thigh: Long, muscular with clearly visible tendons. Good angulation between lower thigh and hocks.
Hock joint: Strong.
Hocks: Strong, vertical.
German Shorthaired Pointer
Loin and legs strong and muscular, good second thighs, well bent stifles. Hocks well let down, straight when viewed from rear, neither turning in nor out. Cowhocks highly undesirable.
Golden Retriever
From hip to hock long, broad and muscular, hock to heel short, strong, stifles well bent, straight from hock joint to ground. Pelvis tending to horizontal.
Gordon Setter
Very muscular. Well turned stifles. Good expanse of first and second thigh. Hocks well let down.
Pointer
Wide and powerful. Legs from hip to hock long and muscular from hock to heel short and strong. Stifle well bent, hocks well let down turning neither in nor out.
Irish Red and White Setter
The deep, muscular loins and strong hindquarters should balance the overall structure of the dog. The thighs are powerful with muscling down to the moderately long and well-developed second thighs. Well-turned stifles and strong hocks are also essential for the dog’s extension and drive when moving either on land or in water. Dogs should never be cow-hocked, sickle-hocked or bow-hocked.
Murray River Retriever
Wide and powerful. Hindlegs from hip to hock long and muscular, from hock to heel short and strong. Stifle and hock joints well bent and not inclined either in nor out.
Irish Setter
General Appearance: Powerful, upright seen from the rear, well proportioned to the size of the dog and parallel.
Thigh: Long, with clearly defined and visible muscles. The axis of the femur has a distinct inclination of 80° to the horizontal. The thigh is parallel to the median plane of the body.
Stifle (Knee): The angle of the stifle ranges from 130° to 135°.
Lower thigh: Slightly longer than the thigh, well boned and muscled, with marked muscular groove. Its inclination to the horizontal ranges from 50° to 55°. Its direction is parallel to the median plane of body.
Hock joint: Broad, thick, lean, with clear-cut bone and well angulated.
Metatarsus (Rear Pastern): Thin, cylindrical, perpendicular to the ground. No dewclaws.
Lagotto Romagnolo
Upper thigh: Long, parallel, muscular, with a rear edge almost straight.
Lower Thigh: Strong.
Hocks: Wide
Metatarsus: Relatively short and lean
Bracco Italiano
Strong and muscular, wide and fully developed with deep second thighs. Hindlegs well boned, hocks well let down, stifles moderately angled, neither turning in nor out.
Welsh Springer Spaniel
General appearance: High on leg, sinewy and well muscled. Standing parallel, turning neither in nor out.
Upper Thigh: Sufficiently long, strong and well muscled.
Stifle: Strong and taut.
Lower Thigh: Long with clearly visible tendons.
Hock Joint: Strong and taut.
Hock [Rear pastern]: Sinewy, almost vertical in position.
Weimaraner
Viewed from behind, straight and parallel. Well angulated at the stifles and the hocks. Strong bones.
Upper Thigh: Long, broad , muscular with good angulation between pelvis and upper thigh.
Stifle: Strong, with good angulation between upper and lower thigh.
Lower Thigh: Long, muscular and sinewy.
Hocks: Short, perpendicular to the ground.
German Wirehaired Pointer
