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by gautam1972 on 14 July 2013 - 09:07
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by gautam1972 on 14 July 2013 - 09:07
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by gautam1972 on 14 July 2013 - 09:07
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by Hundmutter on 14 July 2013 - 13:07
Gautam, like Susie says, you could try very gently feeling along the
last few bones to see if any are out of line. Personally I never came
across a dog that had a bony defect of any sort in its tail where you
could not still see it when the tail was in a relaxed state, but that isn't
to say it can't happen. If there is a 'kink', maybe there is some veterinary
intervention that could help, but I don't know of any.
From your photos, I'd say the tail looks pretty normal for a long tail being
twitched slightly out of the way of the ground. Maybe this has become
too much of a habit already to make any difference by trimming; perhaps
that's why you have still got it happening even when you have trimmed the
hair. Like SitasMom said, seems they can develop the muscles to take
permanent care of their problem !
However there may yet be hope - he may just grow out of it as he reaches
his full adult height. Don't laugh - I wrote on here before about the changes
Taz's tail went through as he was growing up, in my case between as late
as 18 months and 3 yrs. Don't hold your breath, though; you might get
stuck with this ... but as it's not painful, it isn't anything to worry about really.
last few bones to see if any are out of line. Personally I never came
across a dog that had a bony defect of any sort in its tail where you
could not still see it when the tail was in a relaxed state, but that isn't
to say it can't happen. If there is a 'kink', maybe there is some veterinary
intervention that could help, but I don't know of any.
From your photos, I'd say the tail looks pretty normal for a long tail being
twitched slightly out of the way of the ground. Maybe this has become
too much of a habit already to make any difference by trimming; perhaps
that's why you have still got it happening even when you have trimmed the
hair. Like SitasMom said, seems they can develop the muscles to take
permanent care of their problem !
However there may yet be hope - he may just grow out of it as he reaches
his full adult height. Don't laugh - I wrote on here before about the changes
Taz's tail went through as he was growing up, in my case between as late
as 18 months and 3 yrs. Don't hold your breath, though; you might get
stuck with this ... but as it's not painful, it isn't anything to worry about really.

by trixx on 14 July 2013 - 20:07
i am thinking its a gentic thing , i have seen this before and when tail is at rest it looks normal, i dont think much will fix this, i seen many of this types of tails at the last seiger show, it is not correct for showing , but alot of people dont seem to care. i say just love her and dont worry about such minor thing.

by jc.carroll on 15 July 2013 - 13:07
I've seen a handful of GSDs that have curled tips to their tail. In my observation, it is almost always a genetic condition, not a matter of trimming tail hair. Most of the dogs I have seen, in both show and workinglines show a propensity towards left-sided curling. Off the top of my head, I can't recall a single dog I've seen that has a right-sided flip.
I'm sure in some cases, trimming tail hair might work, but in the lines of dogs I've seen with curling tails, trimming the hair made utterly no difference. I have never seen a dog with a curled tip stop curling it when the hair was trimmed. I did not have curling tails in the lines I worked with; and those lines had particularly long tails.
It wasn't till recently, in all honesty, that I heard anything about trimming tail hairs at all. *shrug*
I'm sure in some cases, trimming tail hair might work, but in the lines of dogs I've seen with curling tails, trimming the hair made utterly no difference. I have never seen a dog with a curled tip stop curling it when the hair was trimmed. I did not have curling tails in the lines I worked with; and those lines had particularly long tails.
It wasn't till recently, in all honesty, that I heard anything about trimming tail hairs at all. *shrug*
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