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Liverpool EMB lab
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Evolutionary Morphology and Biomechanics group at the University of Liverpool 🦴🏃‍♀️‍➡️🦎🐕🦥💪🐡🐇 Check our blog for the latest updates!

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See also this Inside JEB article about the work and how we use motion capture to study dog biomechanics!

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Trotting spaniels outperform labradors and shepherds when bearing a heavy load
Since domestication 14,000 years ago, dogs have been our constant assistants and companions, providing protection, pulling sledges, controlling pests and hunting with us. For each role, there are bree...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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And breeds cope differently during load-carrying, with spaniels outperforming labradors and shepherds:

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The biomechanics of working dog locomotion II: Loaded trotting
Highlighted Article: The responses of working dog breeds to load carrying may exhibit a lack of generalisability: spaniel breeds may perform better during trotting load-carrying tasks, although at a p...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:52 PM
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Different dog breeds vary in their locomotor biomechanics despite having similar body proportions:

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The biomechanics of working dog locomotion I: Steady-state trotting
Highlighted Article: Different working dog breeds exhibit specific differences in the biomechanics of steady-state trotting locomotion, suggesting that breed-specific considerations should be adopted ...
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September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
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full vid here:
Does this mammal really have bones protruding from their limbs? | A closer look at sloth claws
YouTube video by Natural History Museum
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September 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM