I have a great dane puppy and just noticed today that he is not walking and standing on his pads, he is almost "flat footed". Can someone help me…
well i just trimmed his nails this week, they seem ok… thanks for the responses so far
Take your pup to the vets and have him looked at. Dane’s can suffer from a problem called knuckling over caused by to high a protein level in the food your feeding him. If this is the problem then a change to a food with less protein will fix this in a very short time.
You will need to have your vet confirm this and then make the correct food changes.
NOTE: Trimming of the nails will not help if your pup is showing signs of Knuckling. Look at the food bag and look at the protein levels. If the level is over 24% percent than that the likely culpret. Dane’s and any other Giant breed like your should not be fed puppy food or a food with a protein level higher than 24%. foods that can correct this is Canidae lamb and rice all life stages or Canidae all life stages. Both of these food have the correct protein levels for your Dane pup.
call your vet
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Take your pup to the vets and have him looked at. Dane’s can suffer from a problem called knuckling over caused by to high a protein level in the food your feeding him. If this is the problem then a change to a food with less protein will fix this in a very short time.
You will need to have your vet confirm this and then make the correct food changes.
NOTE: Trimming of the nails will not help if your pup is showing signs of Knuckling. Look at the food bag and look at the protein levels. If the level is over 24% percent than that the likely culpret. Dane’s and any other Giant breed like your should not be fed puppy food or a food with a protein level higher than 24%. foods that can correct this is Canidae lamb and rice all life stages or Canidae all life stages. Both of these food have the correct protein levels for your Dane pup.
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go to vet
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How are his nails??? if they are too long..what dogs tend to do is to pull back on their knuckles to keep the nails from pushing back into them as they walk, stand. I imagine it must be pretty uncomfy for them to be pulling back on the knuckles all the time. Take a look see at the nails and let us know :o)
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Actually Golden was the correct poster. I believe this is a genetic issue that affects the breed. If you can’t get to the vet tomorrow morning, you might try feeding him a high carb diet until you can get an appointment to get in.
Also turn one paw under and see if he turn it back correctly just to make sure it isn’t a brain issue.
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he is only a puppy some times puppies do something called waddle walk ( I think it is called that) where they walk on their flat feet while they are puppies because I am getting a puppy and he walks like that too
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Its typically a genetic thing..its not a serious issue, but it is considered a fault in the show world. Only problem you may have is that the nails will not wear down as fast, meaning you will need to make sure his nails are kept short.
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