Showline With Curly Tail - Page 1

I have noticed my Female Shepherd Pup has a curly tipped tail. She does not curl it over her back like a Husky, But it seems like the tip just curls too much. My question is though is it normal? Here are her pictures and pedigree.
Dam-http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=724617 

Sire-http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/german_shepherd_dog/dog.html?id=560930 


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If her tail reaches the ground it might be useful to cut the tip hairs (not the tail itself).

It is common but not favorable, if she carries her tail on top of her back it is a fault. A GSD would carry it's tail higher when excited, it should not curl and pass the imaginary vertical passing through the point where the tail starts at end of croup to the ground.

Curly tails are all gentic so it does not matter if its curly over back  to the side or justy curly like what your pup has, look closely i am sure you will see one parent may have a slight case of it.
i once had a litter with half the litter with  what i call a crook tail ( to the side), it came from the dad.

yes , there are lines that carry this type of tail and sadly i see alot of  funny looking  tails in the show lines. as conformation goes i  did see alot of  not correct tail set at the USA SS this year.

Fault

Her tail never curls over her back like the picture just posted. It lays down just the tip curls.

Correct

i have had many dogs who would curl their tails up like that ibraham when they are challangeing another dog or allerting at something but the rest of the time their tail is down or straight. i dont see why that is a fault i do have a boy with imo a faulty tail its almost comic relief he fell trying to climb out of a 6 ft fence and broke his tail and now it curls like a malimutes but dosent go over his back. he has a super long tail and it will curl up but never goes over his back but its a straight curl not sideways ill have to get a picture of it to post

Siantha,

I don't also know why it is considered a fault, other than it's a cosmetic thing, but the standard says it is a fault to curl and carry the tail on top of the back. Here is a quote:

The tail is bushy and should reach at least to the hock joint but not beyond the middle of the hocks. Sometimes the tail forms a hook to one side at its end, though this is undesirable. At rest the tail is carried in a gentle downward curve, but when the dog is excited or in motion, it is curved more and carried higher. The tail should never be raised past the vertical. The tail, therefore, should not be carried straight or curled over the back.
Docked tails are inadmissible.

You may find the degree of curl at the end of the tail will reduce as she grows up;  she is still at that 'gawky' teenage
stage.  When I aquired my current dog (see avatar) he was 18 months old, and he both curled his tail tip a bit, AND
'flagged' it too high (though not right over his back) a lot of the time.  He stopped doing either of these things by the time he was about 2 years, and hasn't done them since.  Like quite a lot of WGSL his tail is slightly too long, and this may be
the cause of them curling up the end while they are learning 'muscle control'.  As long as there is no 'kink' in
the bones that makes it a permanent fix, you might be surprised by the different ways she can carry it.