Your puppy needs canned milk and needs to walk on rocks! When they are forced to use their toes, they get tight balled, perfect feet and the pasterns will get much stronger. The milk will help the bones.
I can't believe the breeder would have just sold you a puppy with feet like that! If we EVER have puppies with bad pasterns they stay until the feet are fixed! One of the worst things you can do is put them on a blanket or towel that will slip - our puppies are kept on rugs so their feet stay strong and they don't slip all over the place, ruining their bone structure and their feet!
If dogs are producing terrible pasterns, their bone structures could be compromised. A good breeder would never breed that again on purpose. Unfortunately, most people don't believe that bone health is very VERY hereditary. I cringed when I saw that little black pup's paws. I imagine the leg bones that are hitting the ground with no protection are in a lot of pain every day!
I'm not a breeder or the breeder, vets said they didn't even think surgery would even fix it. That's a replacement dog I got for a dog that was diagnosed with severe hip dysplasia by ofa at 13 months. Both dogs have same mom and the breeder is still breeding her knowing this and I gave him all the vet records for both dogs.
most breeders who will give you a replacement pup give you one at their discretion and from what litter they wish.....I know of 3 pups sent from Europe as replacements and none of hte 3 were suitable for anything! One had the weakest nerves I have seen in a long time, another had terrible hips and the third had even worse nerves...all from very very big name kennels...
JB - that pup looks like he might have been a coatie too....
Sad thing is his drives were all excellent, he'd rather rip you into pieces than look at you. Super confident nice prey drive great fight drive it was ashame of his legs. Sadly I have a feeling the breeder put him down after he got him back.
look into MSM for the diet -- will make big change in those pasterns
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