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by gimme10mins on 15 December 2005 - 20:12
Hello everyone,
I was wondering if anyone has ever seen a GSD with a crooked tail. Well the entire tail is not crooked just end where it hooks. Instead of it hooking like a candy cane it hooks to the right. Is this considered a fault? Is it easy to correct with the next generation? Is there a specific bloodline known for consistantly producing this characteristic?
by Tbay on 15 December 2005 - 21:12
Tail:
Tail bushy, with the last vertebra extended at least to the hock joint. It is set smoothly into the croup and low rather than high. At rest, the tail hangs in a slight curve like a saber. A slight hooksometimes carried to one side is faulty only to the extent that it mars general appearance.
I took this from http://www.gsdca.org/Noframes/standard/IllStan2.htm from the The German Shepherd Dog Club of America.
by gimme10mins on 15 December 2005 - 21:12
Thank you for the description from the standard. Now can anyone tell me if there is particular line that consistantly produces this "slight hook?" Also is this easily corrected in the next generation if bred to a dog that has saber-like curve?
by SGBH on 15 December 2005 - 21:12
gimmie10min:
Genetics is not quite as simple as "one breeding, fault corrected". First of all are you 100% sure that it is genetics? Was it possible for the tail to be injured(caught in a door or something). I don't know if you are the only owner or if someone else owned it prior to you. Does everyone(or a lot) in his lineage carry this fault? Both parents bring a lot of history(bloodline) to the table. Possibility that it may never appear again. You would really have to track all dogs in both his parent bloodlines for that crook, if it is Genetic. Then I don't think you could predict it 100%, if at all. Just food for thought.
Stephen
by SGBH on 15 December 2005 - 21:12
gimmie10Min:
Let me recommend also, "Control Of Canine Genetic Diseases", by George A Padgett, DVM. Not saying it is the "last word", not tauting it as the "answer" (because someone will disagree with his writings and I'll take all the motor fire), but it will put you in a frame of mind to grasp an idea of how complex, "genetics" really are.
by SGBH on 15 December 2005 - 21:12
gimmie10Min:
Let me recommend also, "Control Of Canine Genetic Diseases", by George A Padgett, DVM. Not saying it is the "last word", not tauting it as the "answer" (because someone will disagree with his writings and I'll take all the mortar fire), but it will put you in a frame of mind to grasp an idea of how complex, "genetics" really are.
by SGBH on 15 December 2005 - 21:12
Sh%#...sorry
by Rikah-haus on 15 December 2005 - 23:12
In my experience, some of it is as a result of a dam who has stepped on the tail of the pup. It doesn't become evident till later on as the dog grows. If that is the case, it can be repositioned but don't ask me how..............
by mnm on 15 December 2005 - 23:12
I have had a pup with tip of tail bent, born that way. Vet said if you catch it right away and splint it with popsickle sticks it will set straight and be fine.
Marsha Seck
by Brandoggy on 16 December 2005 - 05:12
how old is you dog..are you showing him/her?
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