Tail

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Originally Posted by Navarre

Non ti fissare su una foto, per altro in movimento, che ha poco senso. E non ti fissare su un disegno che ne ha ancora meno!
Isa ha un ricciolino finale che non è bello a vedersi e lo ha solo quando è eccitata mentre a riposo la coda è diritta...si ved bene nelle foto di Furcas, che ha lo stesso difetto anche più accentuato.
La coda di Navarre invece fa un arco a parabola, senza il ricciolo finale ed è la coda corretta.

My knowledge of Italian language is very bad And I am to tired to visit now language translation programmes
So please, maybe you can translate this for me!

Since I was a child I did learn (my father was a breeder) that for a lot of things you have to feel / touch a dog (for example touch : tail, fur aso) before you judge!

In Nordic breeds you "can feel" the real curl in the tail even when they are not exited.
And there is a big difference in “feeling” when you touch the tail of a CsW (with always tail up when he/she is exited) when he/she is in rest, comparing with the tails of Nordic breeds in rest. Maybe everyone has to try these kind of things on several dogs before accusing each other……..

But at he othter hand, I am also not a fan of "over done " exited tails of CsW's
And I agree complete with the answer of Ina
For me it is a pity that such interesting things are not to discuss normal in this forum

@ lupis, you did write: "Hungarian dogs are very much shy and they never has tail up"
I back you pardon, but how many Hungarian dogs did you see ( or feel )

I did see a lot of them with tails up when they were exited And I did have for a time a replaced Hungarian male in my pack, and I can assure you that he was very self confidenced and did have his tail up when he was exited! (and even Mirka can assure this)

At the other hand… in this topic there is also a picture I did made in a Belgium show of a CsW without any tail up! And this picture is for me the ultimate how a CsW has absolutely not to be!!!!!!!!
And when I think about and look at this dog, his behaviour, his appearance, then I think it is better not to quarrel any longer about a bit more or less curl in the tail when a CsW is exited.
But is more important that all CsW breeders work together to provide that such CsW’s (also in West Europe ) will not be ever breed again…….



In first place personal I feel very, very sorry for this dog that he did to come out on a show where he did feel so very uncomfortable ….,
And second place for his owner to bring such a dog on show .....
And third for his breeder who had the bad luck to breed such a CsW…..