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                 FAULTY LEGS
            
Narrow-fronted showing a vertical rectangle between the front legs.
Undesirable

          

An obvious horizontal rectangle between the front legs, indicating legs that are too short or shoulders that are too wide, or both.
Undesirable.

ELBOWS - The elbows should be low and stand well out and loose from the body.
      

Well constructed bulldogs from ground to elbow should be about 50% of the distance from ground to height at the withhers.
FAULTY ELBOWS
"Loose from the body" does NOT mean overly loose elbows. it means they should not be directed towards the ribs (tight elbows).
Neither should they be directed outward away from the ribs (overly loose elbows). Overly loose elbows is a VERY serious structural fault.

   

Overly loose elbows
feet tend to
turn inward
Chippendale or
fiddle-front.
Bowed front legs.
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