Forequarters:

Short, powerful front legs with strong bone. On pasterns are skin folds.

Standard	My explanation of the standard
Good front	Poorly front Knuckling-over front Wide Front

Excessive wrinkling of the front limbs. At lymphatic dogs loose skin with the underlying fat tissue seems very bulky. Apparently, it is believed that the leg is marked by a very strong bone. But this is just a big mistake. Slim down the dog and you will see very quickly that the bones of these dogs are not pronounced than that of a muscular Basset Hounds, who has enough loose skin.

Shoulder

Shoulder blades well laid back; shoulders not heavy.

Standard	My explanation of the standard
Correct Schulter	Shoulder too far in front Steep shoulder Overloaded shoulder

Elbows

Elbows turning neither in nor out but fitting neatly against side.

Standard	My explanation of the standard
Correct elbow	Turned out elbow

Pastern

Knuckling-over highly undesirable!

Hindquarters

Full of muscle and standing out well, giving an almost spherical effect when viewed from rear. Stifles well bent. Hocks well let down and slightly bent under but turn neither in nor out and just under body when standing naturally. Some wrinkles of skin may appear between hock and foot, and at the rear of joint a slight pouch of skin may be present, but on no account should any of these be excessive.

Standard	My explanation of the standard
Correct angulation	Poorly angulation

Hock

Low set, the hock is slightly subordinate, but turning neither in nor out when the dog is in a normal position.

Paws

Large, well knuckled up and padded.

Forefeet may point straight ahead or be turned slightly outwards but in every case hound always stands perfectly true, weight being born equally by toes with pads together so that feet would leave an imprint of a large hound and no unpadded areas in contact with ground.

Standard	My explanation of the standard
Correct Paw	Too soft paw Splayed paw The paw is the carrier of the total weight of the dog. It is therefore extremely important that this is properly formed.

Gait/Movement

Most important to ensure that the hound is fit for purpose. Smooth powerful and effortless action with forelegs reaching well forward and hind legs showing powerful thrust, hound moving true both front and rear. Hocks and stifles never stiff in movement, nor must any toes be dragged.

Standard	My explanation of the standard
Correct Movement If you understand the movement of a horse which is shown below, you understand the movement of a dog. Excellent movement of horse and dog. Front and hind limbs in perfect coordination.	Poore Movement Knee and ankle joints in the movement may never seem stiff, also may not toe drag over the ground.