December 2011

December 26, 2011

Canine Gait


An excellent study of canine motion - you need Flash player which is a free download.
 
What you will see is a: 


  1. healthy dog

  2. a dog with CHD (Hip Dysplasia) 

  3. Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture. 

Each of the above dogs are shown 



  • walking

  • gaiting

  • stairs

There are 2 main views of 3 dogs:



  1. actual video

  2. dog in abstract with the use of reflective markers in key locations

All can be seen from 4 different views:



  1. Side

  2. posterior

  3. frontal

  4. overhead

Here you go:

http://accad.osu.edu/~hcaprett/COTA_741_sp04/CanineLO_090504.html



December 24, 2011

Christmas Eve Treats

Christmas Eve Treats from Barb, Susan and The Grizz. Apparently, Grizz has his own credit card. Yummmmmm Susan supplied dinner. Barb supplied the drink. (Huh, imagine […]