When Lily runs up the stairs she hold one front paw straight out in front of her. She only uses 3 paws to climb the stairs. Is this normal? It makes me laugh every time I see her do it. I have had many other dogs in the past (all big) and they all used all four paws when climbing stairs.
Don't know about a straight front paw -- but Beau comes down stairs on his front paws only!! We can't figure out why he doesn't tumble, but it looks like he's floating!!
I like Toms theory that maybe she just learned to climb that way. I discovered that Maddie has a bone that never developed right but it cost us about $1,200 to have experts take pictures and such. In the end she is very athletic and although her gait looks very brindle she is just fine. I say if she doesn't seem in pain don't spend the money to have expensive vet bills. IMO
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