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My dog has bowed legs, no pain, and normal X-rays. Is it normal?

Updated On September 23rd, 2025

Pet's info: Dog | German Shepherd | Male | unneutered | 11 months and 14 days old

Yes it looks like carpal valgas but in xray from 4 sided all reports come normal nothing shown in xray so what should i do his legs are like this only since when he was 3 months and till now it did not deviate more or not decrease although he never limb or never shown any pain on legs and he is on his Joint Activ Supplements also so should i worry or leave it like this and i should consider this normal as i have seen this in other some of GSD also

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Answered By David Elbeze, DVM, MRCVS

Veterinarian

Published on November 1st, 2016

If it doesn't seem to get any worse I wouldn't worry about it too much, it's probably going to stay the same way for life. The only advise I have is to be careful with him exercise wise as it can over time affect his joints in a negative way. Continue with the joint supplement as well.

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    Answered By Susan England-Foster

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    Published on September 13th, 2018

    I would not say most dogs have this shape of leg. It appears from the pictures he has a carpal deformity. Sometimes dogs just like people can be born with curves in the leg which will change how they walk/look. Typically this does not affect them in the day to day. In the United States the only way to fix this is with surgery so most people just allow the dog to play normally. Hope that helps

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