{"id":112577,"date":"2022-04-23T06:20:31","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T06:20:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws\/"},"modified":"2022-04-23T06:20:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T06:20:31","slug":"what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws\/","title":{"rendered":"What does it mean when a dog crosses his paws?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws\/#What_does_it_mean_when_a_dog_crosses_his_paws\" title=\"What does it mean when a dog crosses his paws?\">What does it mean when a dog crosses his paws?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws\/#What_breeds_of_dogs_cross_their_paws\" title=\"What breeds of dogs cross their paws?\">What breeds of dogs cross their paws?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws\/#What_does_it_mean_when_a_dog_crosses\" title=\"What does it mean when a dog crosses?\">What does it mean when a dog crosses?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws\/#Why_does_my_dog_cross_his_front_paws_when_walking\" title=\"Why does my dog cross his front paws when walking?\">Why does my dog cross his front paws when walking?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/what-does-it-mean-when-a-dog-crosses-his-paws\/#Why_does_my_dog_cross_his_back_paws\" title=\"Why does my dog cross his back paws?\">Why does my dog cross his back paws?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_it_mean_when_a_dog_crosses_his_paws\"><\/span>What does it mean when a dog crosses his paws?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>u201cDogs do use their paws to communicate, but in this instance, crossing forepaws while at rest probably has more to do with <b>comfort and body conformation,u201d certified animal behavior consultant Amy Shojai tells Inverse. u201cCrossing paws may skew x26#39;elbowsx26#39; outward in a more comfortable resting pose, for example.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_breeds_of_dogs_cross_their_paws\"><\/span>What breeds of dogs cross their paws?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>It turns out that some breeds are more likely to cross their paws. Can you guess which ones? <b>Labradors, Border Collies, Poodles were the most frequently mentioned breeds. These are one of the most intelligent dog breeds, so it might be all about imitation.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_does_it_mean_when_a_dog_crosses\"><\/span>What does it mean when a dog crosses?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dog crossbreeds, sometimes called designer dogs, are <b>dogs which have been intentionally bred from two or more recognized dog breeds. They are not dogs with no purebred ancestors, but are not otherwise recognised as breeds in their own right, and do not necessarily breed true.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_cross_his_front_paws_when_walking\"><\/span>Why does my dog cross his front paws when walking?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Wobblers Syndrome (also called spondylolithesis), is a condition that can affect puppies or adult dogs. They develop an unsteady gait due to spinal cord compression caused by the narrowing of the vertabral canal, or by a ruptured disc in the neck.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Why_does_my_dog_cross_his_back_paws\"><\/span>Why does my dog cross his back paws?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The crossing of your dogx26#39;s back legs is <b>one of the early symptoms of neurological deficits in their hind end. Leg weakness can cause muscles to atrophy and weaken the muscles in the hind end. As a dogx26#39;s back legs progressively loss strength and control, the hind legs start to cross uncontrollably.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents What does it mean when a dog crosses his paws?What breeds of dogs cross their paws?What does it mean when a dog crosses?Why does my dog cross his front paws when walking?Why does my dog cross his back paws? What does it mean when a dog crosses his paws? u201cDogs do use&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112577"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}