benifits to a long tail on a dog

[maitland93 13]

Av seen some lurchers with very long tails and keep thinking what benifits does this bring if any

[rocky1 942]

2 be honest i don,t think is any benefits 2 along tail or disadvanteges 2 a short tail

[maitland93 13]

Does it help the turning ?

[rocky1 942]

does it effect the a terriers turning

[thepoacher 6]

lot easier to tell when the dogs happy

[riohog 5,721]

there was a saying years ago havnt herd it for a while .. and it was .something like . always look for a running dog with a bit of tail on it!. a good long tail, was thought to be a sighn of good speed and good turning ability

 

 

i still prefer a dog with a long tail .,,

[maitland93 13]

Never heard that one before but will keep it in mind

[Guest born to run1083]

there was a saying years ago havnt herd it for a while .. and it was .something like . always look for a running dog with a bit of tail on it!. a good long tail, was thought to be a sighn of good speed and good turning ability

 

 

i still prefer a dog with a long tail .,,

only if that was true lol my bitches tail touches the floor but she's as fast as a badger and turns like the titanic must just be my luck

[riohog 5,721]

there was a saying years ago havnt herd it for a while .. and it was .something like . always look for a running dog with a bit of tail on it!. a good long tail, was thought to be a sighn of good speed and good turning ability

 

 

i still prefer a dog with a long tail .,,

only if that was true lol my bitches tail touches the floor but she's as fast as a badger and turns like the titanic must just be my luck

well that made me laff anyway

[maitland93 13]

there was a saying years ago havnt herd it for a while .. and it was .something like . always look for a running dog with a bit of tail on it!. a good long tail, was thought to be a sighn of good speed and good turning ability

 

 

i still prefer a dog with a long tail .,,

only if that was true lol my bitches tail touches the floor but she's as fast as a badger and turns like the titanic must just be my luck

Haha

[sikastag_1 689]

tail is for balance.

[Moll. 1,770]

http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/210746-back-length/#top

[3 Turns 326]

ALRIGHT GIRLS.

 

WHEN CHOOSING A PUP I ALWAYS,TAKE TAIL LENGTH A MAJOR FACTOR.

TAIL,S THERE FOR BALLANCE.

LONGER/FASTER /AGILITY ,HEART IS A DIFFERENT MATTER.

 

SEEN A SAL/GREW BACK IN THE 90,S 3/3 DOG NO TAIL JRT MATERIAL CHOPPED IN THE BOOT.

DOG STILL SLAUGHTERD HARES.

[mighty celt 996]

the tail does affect a lurchers balance when striking and turnning my pal has a bitch and when she was a pup he caught her tail in the booth of the car and its craced and a bit limp she cant move it very well and shes forever rolling over when going down for the strike r when makeing a sharp turn.

Edited July 12, 2011 by mighty celt

[romany52 313]

From my experience tale length doesn't make a difference, the well known dog Rooster had a shortish tale and I've had a couple of good dogs with shortish tails , one good dog I had, had his tail amputated half way up, made no difference at all.