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Winter in the Park

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

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2. healthy dog
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4. a dog with CHD (Hip Dysplasia) 
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6. Cranial Cruciate Ligament Rupture. 

Each of the above dogs are shown 

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• walking
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• gaiting
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• stairs

There are 2 main views of 3 dogs:

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

All can be seen from 4 different views:

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2. Side
3. 
   
4. posterior
5. 
   
6. frontal
7. 
   
8. overhead

Here you go:

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

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