Temporal-spatial gait analysis by use of a portable walkway system in healthy Labrador Retrievers at a walk.

Objective: To establish a protocol to collect temporal-spatial gait analysis variables by use of a portable walkway system in Labrador Retrievers at a walk and to determine reference values.

Animals: 56 healthy Labrador Retrievers.

Procedures: 6 passes across the walkway (3 passes in each direction) were recorded.

Effects of bandage configuration on paw pad pressure in dogs: a preliminary study.

Seven bandage configurations were placed on the right forepaw of six English pointer dogs to evaluate the effects that configurations have on reducing pad pressure. The "clam shell" configuration resulted in less pressure being applied to all palmar pad surfaces. For the major weight-bearing pad, a basic paw bandage with an intermediate compressible foam sponge that had a hole under the major weight-bearing pad, combined with a metal splint paw cup under the sponge, resulted in a significantly lower pressure recording than for other bandage configurations.