| Gait
The Siberian Husky's characteristic gait is smooth and seemingly
effortless. He is quick and light on his feet, and when in the show ring
should be gaited on a loose lead at a moderately fast trot, exhibiting
good reach in the forequarters and good drive in the hindquarters. When
viewed from the front to rear while moving at a walk the Siberian Husky
does not single-track, but as the speed increases the legs gradually angle
inward until the pads are falling on a line directly under the
longitudinal center of the body. As the pad marks converge, the forelegs
and hind legs are carried straightforward, with neither elbows nor stifles
turned in or out. Each hind leg moves in the path of the foreleg on the
same side. While the dog is gaiting, the topline remains firm and level.
Faults-Short, prancing or choppy gait, lumbering or rolling gait; crossing
or crabbing. |
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