abbie double jointed

[valie]

hi  
my  abbie is a lovely black and white 5 mnth old cocker ,she apears to be double jointed as when she sits down her back legs go behind her  and  she loocks like a sealion   when she is in the position  is this normal or should i be worried      vallie                    

[Jane S]

Don't worry - lots of Cockers do this when they are relaxed                    

[Pammy]

They look sooooooooooo cute though My Buddy still does this now and he's 2 1/2 - many grow out of it. It's common in other breeds too                    

[Gilly]

Just to add that Butty does it 95% of the time when she lies down too....and she's 14 months                      

[Michele]

Neneh still does this & she's 4 and of course Otis not to be out-done does it too                    

[daftcockers]

Sonny thinks he's a draft excluder as his also goes behind the door, puts his legs full stretch behind him and falls to sleep.                    

[Dessie]

Sebastian always does it and he is 6    Bart who is 4 only does it if he is lying on the sette or the bed and Douglas who is 2 doesn't do it very often                      

[Katina]

You mean like this   :

In the photo Kukka is around 10 weeks. But she still  (at 14 months) lies down like that!                    

[KellyP]

Millie does it too (at 1 year) - the other "cocker stance" is flat on their backs all legs akimbo! all perfectly normal                        

[Anita]

Yep - Phoebe does it too! We call it doing the frog                    

[valie]

hi thanks for putting my mind at rest she does look sweet when she sits like that.

ps. love  reading all the stories about the cockers they are
all so clever.     vallie