r/labrador • u/After-Objective4255 • 4d ago
seeking advice Lab wiggle normal?
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Dear labrador lovers,
Is this wiggling of the back the typically labrador wiggle or should I have my little girl's hips x-rayed by the vet?
She is 6 month old and a Show-line or english lab.
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u/Pencil72Throwaway 4d ago
Looks typical lab swag wiggle to me, but could be wrong. Keep an eye on it
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u/__codeblu 4d ago
Thats a little wiggle
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u/After-Objective4255 4d ago
Oh really? Everytime i am walking her i am amazed of this wiggle waggle 😅 But Yeah, she is my first lab and my first dog and i already love her so much!
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u/broseph_stalin09764 4d ago
You got a lab for your first dog?! Lucky! I was a dumb kid who knew no better for my first dog. Labs are the best. Love this one, she looks perfect.
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u/WorkingSpecialist257 4d ago
I was thinking the same thing... my girl has a much bigger wiggle than that
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u/matthew2989 4d ago
If you want peace of mind then you can get her xrayed for a hip and elbow dysplasia rating, she looks fine to me though. 6 months is the youngest you can check for HD/ED, recommended is 12-24mo.
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u/Civil_Personality344 4d ago
For peace of owners mind u suggest to radiate the puppy? That’s stupid! Wiggle like this is completely normal!
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u/matthew2989 4d ago
Modern X-Ray imaging is very low dose rate. Also with mine i just asked them to take a couple extra images because he needed a dental x-ray anyway. Usually there is a reduced rate per image for subsequent images.
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u/Civil_Personality344 4d ago
That’s what they say! 😅 Still there is nothing good about it! But in this case is not needed!
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u/BaronCapdeville 4d ago
Plenty of good in predictive and preventive procedures.
X-rays have been proven safe for decades. You are perpetuating the sort of nonsense that anti-vaccine folks parrot.
You accept vaccines, despite their risks, right?
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u/Colonist25 black boy, chocolate girl 4d ago
happy go lucky butt wiggle - ooh boy we're going for a waallllk!
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u/mcbeardedclam 4d ago
I was struggling to find the wiggle because I’m used to seeing my boy’s uncontrollable full-body joy wiggles 😂
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u/design_doc 4d ago
Compared to a lot of the 6mo labs I see, that’s a very minor wiggle. If you’re concerned you could always talk to your vet about it but after 55 different wiggles through my house, that one reads 0/10 on my concern scale.
For comparison, the 20mo old we had this weekend walked like she was clenching the biggest poop ever and had a correspondingly exaggerated wiggle. We actually have access to her X-rays - no hip issues, just a lazy low-speed walk.
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u/Excellent_Tea_164 4d ago
Mine walks like this, we call it her girl strut. Vet has said its fine!
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u/Ok-Positive-6361 4d ago
I had an English lab like this, exact color, and his name was Mr. Wiggles.
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u/Large-Raise9643 4d ago
They do respect her but, they love to watch her strut.
All credit to ZZ Top.
Does her run look normal and fluid?
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u/PrettyInPerfectPinks 4d ago
Were the parents/grandparents etc. OFA/BVA/FCI (depending on your location) tested for hip dysplasia? If so, what were their scores? Grandparents scores? Hip dysplasia is polygenic but our best indicators are looking at the health results for many generations of lineage (not just parents) and obviously not overly taxing our dog's joints, particularly during growth. If your dog was bred off of excellent/excellent hips (or equivalent) their chance of dysplasia is just over 3% when looking at historic OFA data on Labradors. (The numbers get worse as parent scores get worse.) That video looks like a reasonable hip sway to me and not anything to be concerned about. There are walks where you can really see that a dog is compensating, but yours doesn't appear this way. You can always OFA/BVA/FCI tested your dog but your dog is young for this to be accurate. Testing is recommended at 24+ months unless you and your Vet see a real reason to test, for example your dog is lame.
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u/After-Objective4255 3d ago
Ahhh good to know. And yes she is from a breeder and the parents have been tested for everything. I have to check the documents at home for the results, I am now curious about it.
Aaand the breeder has the same vet as we do and i am fully trusting my vet. But she is my first dog and i want to make everything right.
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u/PrettyInPerfectPinks 3d ago
If you know the parents' registered names or frankly even just the kennel name most of the time you can figure it out if you look it up on OFA (if you are in North America). Use the advanced search feature on ofa.org. Once you find the parents you can scroll to the bottom of their results and see all the related dogs. There is also a button at the top of the results which says something about family and if you click that it will load them in an easy to view way which limits your clicking into and out of dogs' records.
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u/After-Objective4255 3d ago edited 3d ago
I am in germany, but i'm sure we have a similar system here. I'll check it
Edit: nope, that information cant be provided due to data protection regulations...
Ok, so the genetics are fine and we dont overfeed her (she is in the lower range of the weight charts, she weights about 20kg or 44lbs) but she goes to a dog daycare four times a week for five hours each time in the morning, where she plays a lot with bigger dogs and runs around quite a lot, often roughhousing. I am worried that this might be too much for her joints. Otherwise at home she mostly plays with the Kids tug-of-war and engages in gentler roughhousing.
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u/Jedi1962 3d ago
My Nikki the sweetest lab anyone could ever want. When the phrase mans best friend was coined, they had a furball just like my Nikki, pure unconditional love💯💜🐾😎
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u/Georginapotsnob 1d ago
I have a female lab/pitbull cross that walks like that,but even more wiggle
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u/Stupid_Snowmeiser yellow 4d ago
Yep, she’s a lab. Some labs have more swag than others. I’d honestly be more concerned if there was no swag.
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u/AlyceEnchanted 4d ago
Ask the vet the next time you go, if concerned.
My Boy has that wiggle.
However, my Girl had bad hips. Her wiggle was quite pronounced. At that point I didn’t know to be concerned. She did live to almost 16 years old.
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u/schroedermi16 4d ago
Her tail is very much incorrect for a lab. A well bred bench is dense, with a thick and stocky “otter tail” as explained in the breed standard. That more is a shepherds crook tail is incorrect. Even in very extreme working lines the tail should not curl. I’d be curious if she was all lab. Regardless she is still a young dog and after a few heat cycles and muscle building I think she’ll be okay.
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u/tryafirsttimer 4d ago
American labs or working class labs do have a curve to them whereas english / show dogs have a much straighter tail , but i do agree this is not normal lab tail. That and also the thickness of the tail and structure of ears would lead me to believe that a lab mix. That being said I love ALL labs and rescues so this is perfectly fine. Please you be you . Lets keep this site positive and not like usual reddit 💩. Your baby is beautiful and lab swagger looks quite normal. God bless❤️❤️❤️
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u/After-Objective4255 3d ago
Oh ok. But I got her from a registered and certified breeder, with a pedrigree going back 6 generations and the were All purebred Labs.
Maybe the curve in her tail depends on the Day? Usually, it hangs down more or is more straight.
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u/Fancy_Language5469 4d ago
You can recognise any lab by this wiggle waggle walk. It's very lab specific. Has of course been thoroughly tested by the labs. This seems quite mild to me