Not only young dogs. Since I've been aware of this, I see dogs that through their lives, will have perfectly natural tail use until they go in the ring. ????? Stormy Colorado In a message dated 11/11/04 1:21:36 PM, GSDHALLMARK@xxxxxxx writes: > As one of the people that has been trying to understand why young dogs, > even puppies are seen in the ring with what seems to be dead tails, I'm a > little > confused about what we are seeing. > *^*\/\/\/\/*^**^*\/\/\/\/*^**^*\/\/\/\/*^* Dog's love is different, it requires no return www.FairhopeGSD.com POST is Copyrighted 2004. All material remains the property of the Poster and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original poster AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For administrative problems, email problems and technical support, please contact the List Administrators at admin@xxxxxxxxxxx, in private. Please do not post individual problem issues on Showgsd-l VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://www.showgsd.org