New dog strange behaviors

We just got a new baby in our house...Ichigo...Ichi for short. He is super sweet and laid back. Thankfully Nana our other baby has taken a liking to him. Ichi is a pruebred Pembroke. Sometimes when he walks he does this cross step with his back legs. Has anyone else seen this in their dogs?
The other thing he does is drag his back legs when sitting to move short distances, instead of standing up to a full position. it reminds me of a doggie version of a Navy seal crawl. Should we be comcerned about this?

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Permalink Reply by initch on November 29, 2008 at 2:59pm

The vet said that his legs looked and felt a little stiff and that they will take x-rays. We are going to wait until his insurance kicks in before we take them because they will be covered. The vet suggested that since we were going to have him fixed and he would be under for it that it would be easier to have them do the x-rays at the same time since they can move him without having to fight him. Same with the microchip.
Ichi isn't showing any signs of pain and we don't let him jump up or down from anything which is why we are waiting for the insurance.