gsd witha curled tail?????

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by leciesters doghandler on 16 June 2010 - 00:06

im i right in saying that it must be a mixed breed or poorly bred iv never heard of it or seen it what about you guys ??

http://www.total-german-shepherd.com/gsd-puppy-tail.html

by GSDSRULE on 16 June 2010 - 04:06

It's a ring tail. Just a fault, doesn't mean the dog isn't purebred. I have a neighbor with a male dog that curls his
tail, but not to that extreme.

by Nellie on 16 June 2010 - 10:06

One of mine had a tail like that when she was younger thankfully it did drop as she grew up

by Sunsilver on 16 June 2010 - 11:06

It's a common problem with the Shiloh, due to the malemute blood. I wonder if she could have some Shiloh genes mixed in? Many unscrupulous breeders are trying to pass off Shilohs as pure GSDs, and vica versa. Do you have a copy of the pedigree?

by BlacqueKat on 16 June 2010 - 12:06

Looks like a GSD to me, probably just a poorly bred one to have such an extreme curl. Just because a dog has a fault doesn't make it a mix, though it's hard to be certain unless there were better shots.

by jc.carroll on 16 June 2010 - 16:06

My rottie had a natural tail. As a puppy hers would curl up when she was excited, but straightened when she matured. When she was an adult, her tail couldn't curl if she had wanted it to: a stiff, straight rottie tail.

Here's a previous thread on PDB about ring/curly tails:

http://www.pedigreedatabase.com/gsd/bulletins_read/284326.html

Random Trivia:

The curly tail is a result of the domestication process. It is one of the side effects of "juvenilization", also called "neoteny" that canids underwent over the process of selective breeding from wild to domestic. Floppy ears are another such trait that results from the process.

by Dodger on 16 June 2010 - 20:06

Dodger my 3 year old male curls his tail. He's always done it and carries it high when out walking or when he's excited. Around the house or when he is tired he carries it normally. His sire's side are show lines and dam's is a mix of pet/working lines, couldn't never figure out why he carries it this way and so far the only GSD i've seen do it.

by leciesters doghandler on 16 June 2010 - 20:06

i just came across it and tought iv never heard of a gsd tail curl so much i dont know the pedigree

by Dodger on 16 June 2010 - 20:06

A pic of Dodgers tail. Ha can curl it even futher round than this but it's usually when he's being a pain with another dog. trying to make himself look bigger.

by Sheesh on 17 June 2010 - 00:06

My girl is 11 months old and does have a long tail. Neither sire nor dam have a curled tail, but at about 5 months she started carrying the tip curled up. I trimmed the hair once and it did seem to help, but now it is grownvout again and she started curling it. I just trimmed the hair again- hope it goes back down! Theresa

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