The hips are broad with hip sockets wide apart and fall slightly towards the tail in a graceful curve. Thighs are strong, well-muscled. Stifles well bent. Hock joints are well angulated and strong, straight bone structure from hock to pad. Angulation of both stifle and hock joint is such as to combine maximum combination of both drive and traction.
Hocks turn neither in nor out.
A steep croup is a fault. Cow-hocked legs are a serious fault. The toes sufficiently arched and heavily nailed. The pads are strong, hard and thick. Dewclaws on the hind legs must be removed.