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Scientist, Veterinary Physiotherapist, Dog Obsessive, Biomechanist, Anatomist, Senior Lecturer, Procrastinator, Feminist, Cake Enthusiast, Disaster, She/Her
May 6, 2020 8 tweets 4 min read
1/7 As people seemed to like my post on dog gaits the other week (quite literally the most popular post I’ve ever written!), I thought I’d follow up with some musculoskeletal anatomy… #caninescience #dog #anatomy 2/7 So, the main cool thing here is that your dog (along with most other mammals) has pretty much all the same parts you do. Some are in different numbers and different proportions, but it’s pretty similar…
Apr 27, 2020 10 tweets 4 min read
After being sent so many awesome videos, thought I’d do a little thread on dog gait. #dog #caninescience #caninebiomechanics ... The slowest gait is the walk. Rogue here is doing a ‘normal mammal’ type walk. Back Left -> Front Left -> Back Right -> Front Right, footfalls evenly spaced in time.