A Horse's Ar$e!!

Yesterday I was mostly studying horses backsides. Why? Because when I was walking the dog, I suddenly realised that I hadden't given the rear end much thought, and halfway through horse sculpture number two I'd made an anatomical error.

Horses (and dogs) are constructed differently to us. Our legs move freely from the hip, but most quadrupeds have the hip well inside the body, and the back leg moves freely from the knee, while the front leg moves freely from the elbow, not from the shoulder.
Their hips and shoulders do not move around as much as ours.

Picture by GaborfromHungary courtesy of Morguefile.