Cow-hocked (adj.) or cow hocks (n.) describes a defect in the conformation of four-legged animals, primarily of livestock and horses, but also of dogs...

bowed, although excessive bowing is a disqualification in the show ring. Cow-hocked legs are also penalized. The Munchkin comes in all coat colors and patterns...

conformational defects include sickle hocks, post-legged conformation/straight hocks, cow hocks, and bowed hocks. Depending on the use of the horse, some...

age •    Narrow and long scull •    Cow hocked or bow legged •    Weak and small feet •    Weak pasterns and hocks •    Narrow skeleton and light construction...

are straight and in many dogs slightly cow-hocked. The breed standard rejects square body proportions, cow hocks and east–west position of front feet....

stifles more out, giving a cow-hocked appearance Medial deviation in true cow hocks causes strain on the inside of the hock joint, predisposing the horse...

The hooves are black or striped. It is not unusual for Jacobs to be cow-hocked. They provide a lean carcass with little external fat, with a high yield...

should not be bred, include lack of substance, weak back, deviated tail, cow-hocked, or legs that are too angulated or straight, which would impede running...

A sickle-hocked leg structure is one in which the back leg joints of an animal, usually a horse or other equine mammal, are set with too much angle, resulting...

angle formed by the hock joint being too angled (sickle-hocked), too straight (straight behind) or having an inward deviation (cow-hocked). Feral horses are...