Hi, if a dog has a bit down on pasterns as a puppy do these improve with age and decent exercise or will they always be slack?

Also, if they can be improved upon, will that dog be prone to problems later in life as exercise drops off?

Thanks

No the situation can be improved, what age is the puppy.

Hi, 5 months

Forget it until the pup is at least 12 months, follow the usual rules for exercising and make sure some of it is controlled road walking. With correct exercising there is unlikely to be a problem once the dog reaches adulthood, if it is a large breed then loose front pasterns seem to be the norm in pups but at least some of the pups grow up to have correct front legs. Do not over do the amount of exercise allowed to a pup but try to make it as varied as possible.

Must take care though that probem isn't being created/made worse by too much weight for the dogs bone structure.

Yes agree, a pup needs to be fed well rather than too well fed, too much or too little substance can cause limb problems.

Also walking up or down slopes is good exercise steps and jumping is not.

going through the same thing with a large breed puppy who is the same age, we have just made sure we have changed the type and place of exersise, he now does road walking on pavments rather than free running over the field for the time being because i have noticed he is a little slack on 1 front leg, out older boy now 5 years old went through the same thing, as he was also going through his leggy stage, by the time he was 6 months they were fine hes never since gone down on his pasterns and never had any problems due to it.

Hi
My large breed puppy was low on her pasterns at about 4-5 mths, she grew so rapidly (her lines are early developing) that she simply sunk under the weight
So we did as advised and had her at minimum weight (4 ribs  lightly visible, ideal being 2)
We also did short, controlled lead walks on the road.
Allowed her 3 field romps a week for 10 mins just to let the steam out.
I also researched supplements and now have her on cortaflex and ester C,

Her pasterns came back well, but now at 11 mths one has dropped slightly again, so it is back to the old routine...

Would never give a pup supplements it should not be necessary if the pup is getting the correct feeding, if prescribed that is a different matter.

Keep pup at a reasonable weight, exercise with care and provide exercise that offers different activity including road walking and feed with a quality puppy food and it should grow correctly unless there is a fault within the line or damage has already happened, jumping off furniture or down steps can cause stretching (or even snapping) of the tendons and ligaments that should hold the lower leg and foot in the correct place. the angle of the pastern is different with different breeds some being almost straight some slightly flexed and other noticeable flexed, the larger the dog the more care you need to take. There are dogs that are inclined to knuckle over that is pushing the pastern joint forward rather than the more common dropping the heel pad toward the ground.