# dogs pacing

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**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [September 7, 1999, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-pacing/194 "1999-09-07T23:42:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![JillGat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/9fc29f/32.png) [@JillGat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JillGat)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 1999, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dogs-pacing/194/3 "1999-09-08T02:24:00Z")

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Okay, so the feet do that when a horse paces, but “pacing” refers to a certain kind of running. “Ambling” describes the specific act of moving one side of legs at a time.

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