Rigging a Cartoon Hound (quadruped), Gromit

The back legs are going crazy because the IK target is a child of the chain that it is trying to control. I.e. Your IK target is a child of the lower leg bone. On the front legs there are two bones that are placed on top of each other. One bone is the IK target and it not a direct child, the other bone is the deform bone for the paw.