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> "Even in 1821, horses were wrongly depicted running like dogs." Great essay, but this small comment toward the end of the essay confused me. Is he saying tha
by nkurz 2y ago
> "Even in 1821, horses were wrongly depicted running like dogs."
Great essay, but this small comment toward the end of the essay confused me. Is he saying that dogs never gallop?
I'm still not sure about the answer breed-by-breed, but searching for it led me to this interesting page illustrating different dog gaits: https://vanat.ahc.umn.edu/gaits/index.html https://vanat.ahc.umn.edu/gaits/index.html
In particular, it seems to say that at least some dogs do the same "transverse gallop" that horses use: https://vanat.ahc.umn.edu/gaits/transGallop.html https://vanat.ahc.umn.edu/gaits/transGallop.html
And that greyhounds at least also do a "rotary gallop": https://vanat.ahc.umn.edu/gaits/rotGallop.html https://vanat.ahc.umn.edu/gaits/rotGallop.html
I have a Vizsla (one of several breeds in the running for second fastest breed after greyhounds) and my guess is that she at times does both gallops. I can't find a reference to confirm this, though.
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- Maken 2y agoIn the linked article (https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/06/the-galloping-horse-problem-and-worlds.html https://www.amusingplanet.com/2019/06/the-galloping-horse-pr...) there are some examples of "wrong" galloping horses. The first two examples look like the "rotary gallop", which is how a dog or a cat, not a horse, would run. The third example is plainly wrong, because the horses are mid-air but seemly ready to land in one leg.