From the 1993 STCA Standard: The thighs should be very muscular and powerful for the size of the dog with the stifles well bent and the legs straight from hock to heel. Hocks should be well let down and parallel to each other.
Covering the thighs should be really big and extra powerful muscles. With the stifle well bent the thighs should both look and feel very large, and in profile be very deep from front to back. A thin-looking thigh ought to be regarded as an abomination by all Scottish Terrier breeders. Dorothy Caspersz |
As you can see from the drawing above, the bones and angulation of the rear balance those of the forequarters. The articulation of the upper thigh (femur) and lower thigh (tibia and fibula) is the stifle, or knee joint. In a properly constructed Scottish Terrier, the angle of the stifle is about 90 degrees. Viewed from the side, and standing naturally (as opposed to the overextended rear seen in nearly all show photos), the dog should stand so that a line drawn the point of buttocks would just touch the back line of the hocks. Dogs whose legs naturally extend farther back than this or dogs with hocks set too far under the body lack the required drive and power in the rear. The two dogs immediately below have correct rears.
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