As you know, Willy is in obedience classes. I spoke with the instructor tonight, as he does not go from a "sit" to a "down." He gets up, puts his front end down first, and then drops his rear.
This is a proper sit position: the German Shepherd, below.
Willy sits like this pug, kind of: pushed WAY back on his rear to relieve pressure, pushed over onto one side, and one leg is extended almost all the way forward.
The instructor said he is structurally not able to do a sit, and no way he can get from that odd position to a "down," so he has to get up first.
Sigh. I wish I knew what this means. Hip dysplasia? Something else?
Marlin has bad hips. By the time I asked the vet about it, and he got x-rays, both hips were too far gone for surgery to be able to help correct it for him.
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