Great Dane Conformation Clinic
REARS

FRONTS || REARS || BODY || HEAD

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Hindquarters

The following is from the Great Dane Standard:

The hindquarters shall be strong, broad, muscular and well angulated, with well let down hocks. Seen from the rear, the hock joints appear to be perfectly straight, turned neither toward the inside nor toward the outside. The rear feet should be round and compact, with well-arched toes, neither toeing in nor out. The nails should be short, strong and as dark as possible, except they may be lighter in harlequins. Wolf claws are a serious fault.

1. This is about as perfect as a Dane rear gets. Correct croup, tuck up, angulation and legs point straight forward. This is what the Standard describes	2. Another very good rear but could use a little more angulation	3. Good rear with correct angles even though the lower pastern is set a little too far back. Good example of a 'broad' thigh Croup could have a tad less slope
4. Good rear. Dog is standing with more weight on the left leg which makes it look slightly turned out	5. Another good rear although the right leg is set a little too forward	6. Rears don't get any truer than this. Good front, too!
7. This rear is over-angulated and a little sickle hocked	8. This rear has a 'skirt' (too much loose flank skin) and is too stright in stifle while maintaining proper bend at the hock	9. Although angles look pretty good, this rear is slightly cowhocked
10. Not only is this rear too straight in angulation, it's cowhocked	11. Extreme cowhocks! In this dogs defence, I must say that he was just recovering from a bout of HOD. He actually ended up with a pretty GOOD rear!	12. This rear has what appears to be a very steep croup, is too straight and too 'slight'
13. This rear displays a very steep croup. It could use a little more angulation also	14. This rear is very straight!	15. This is about as straight as a rear end can get!