Gay tail in dogs
I have a Scottish terrier (my first).&#; He is a a gorgeous dog with a tail that curls.&#; When I went to get him clipped from a woman that shows them she said it is recognizable as a homosexual tail and that some breeders and people that need to show scotties with this fault get a mend involving a metal rod being shoved up the underside of the tail to cause injure, which results in a straight tail.&#; ("Oh Get a Grip People!!!!!").&#; What then follows on from these stud dogs are more curly tails and so it goes on.
"Is this common?"
What you will find is most gay tails are actually slightly low set tails causing the curl in the tail. If you peek at the Skeleton of a canine and see where the tail is you can spot how this happens.
In my possess experience and from talking to others
No one likes to stare stupid, but in the world of dogs, there are terms we don&#;t always understand, especially when we&#;re newbies, or we have a new breed. Most of us are reluctant to admit ignorance because, well, refer endorse to the whole looking stupid thing.
A &#;gay tail.&#; It&#;s not this!! Nor is it the same thing as a dog that&#;s really happy to view you. Spend a morning at a dog exhibit visiting different breed rings and the term will come up. Either a dog has one and it&#;s bad, or a dog doesn&#;t have one, and it should. Restate after us: It all depends upon the breed standard.
A gay tail is a tail that is carried very high, or over a dog&#;s help, or certainly higher than is approved by the dog&#;s breed standard. It&#;s a tail that can also be set a little higher at the point where it connects to the body. Some standards spell this out by saying that a gay tail is not a good thing: The standards of the Grand Basset Griffon Vendéen, Cesky Terrier, and Rhodesian Ridgeback elude to this. Other standards flat out express that it&#;s a fault, such as the standards for
First of all -- the main purpose of the tail is to help guide the dog. It is supposed to help them balance their bodies when they're walking on something narrow (like a sidewalk), or to support them when they swim or make turns.
But the tail, especially for a beagle, has other important purposes. And that's what we are going to discuss about.
You know your dog is a beagle if
1) The tail looks like it's been dipped in white paint.
A proper beagle should have a white-tipped tail. That white fur is a product of breeding. It's so that hunters can find the beagles while they're chasing their quarry. The tail also shouldn't curve too much, but if you have a couch beagle and not a show beagle, that doesn't matter.
I also notice that, when grooming beagles for competition, handlers fluff up the white part a bit, so it looks like a bottle brush almost. Just a thought if you want your beagle to look fancy.
A beagle Calling all "gay" tails!Whenever you read about breed standards it usually says something like "tail should be set so as to be carried level with the back" and that if it comes too far up above the topline it&#;s called a "gay" tail (gay entity used in the old-fashioned way meaning happy and joyful). Chester definitely has a gay tail at least 50% of the moment and even if it&#;s not the preferred exhibit carriage, I think it&#;s adorable and he watch so happy with it curled up over his back. Here&#;s how he carries his tail most of the time when he&#;s walking around and interacting with someone or something or some chipmunk in the backyard Do your furbabies carry their tails the same way or is Chester a little kook? Baroo?! Quit bugging me kid PUPPY BUTT! I assume he thinks he&#;s a Papillon like his buddy Riley: |