How would a quadruped walk with one limb longer than the rest?

I have a (digitigrade) quadrupedal alien creature with one of it's front limbs having a longer metatarsals, I'm trying to visualise how it would walk with this deformity for an animation.

I'm having trouble with how the leg would act as the right, regular leg lifts up and moves forward since the deformed leg now has to carry the front half alone for the right to complete its step, this involves left leg straightening underneath the body so it can then also step forward again.

The basic wireframe looks like this:

A more detailed sketch of the front legs:

This is a painless birth defect called 'Stiltlimb' and not natural to the species; a gmo made for the purpose of a service animal, that being said the species itself is very prone to defects and the like, a struggle for the company trying to sell this new branch of science.

If anyone with can make sense of my scrounged up jargon and the scribbly drawing, I'd love some help!

posted about 5 years ago

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