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flyingduster · 07-18-2010, 11:56 PM

This mini has been groomed elsewhere before (no idea where!) and has been to me once, and this is his second groom with me...

Now last time I worked on his tail a bit, and this time I managed to get it into a reasonable pom-pom...

but check out how long his tail actually is!!!

flyingduster · 07-18-2010, 11:57 PM

the other side

hehehehehehe. Sorry, this is a rather pointless post, I just got such a kick out of his tail so HAD to post it! LOL

passion4poodles · 07-19-2010, 12:13 AM

Are your fingers at the tip of the tail or just the hair?

fjm · 07-19-2010, 12:15 AM

Is it curled up to seem so much shorter in the first photos?

flyingduster · 07-19-2010, 12:34 AM

Yup, his tail is fairly straight at the base, but curls back on itself further up, so when I trim it while it's curled, I can make it look like a normal pom! It's not very well trimmed when I'm holding it out cos he doesn't uncurl it fully by himself really, so I might as well make it look it's best at it's most natural position; curled!

I am holding the hair that's coming from the end of his tail. The very tip of his tail is touching my thumb in those pics, but I'm not actually holding the tip of his tail, just the hair coming off it (there's nearly an inch of hair coming off the end of his tail) It's not a massively long natural tail, but it's still a lot longer than it appears! heh.

SnorPuddel · 07-19-2010, 02:37 AM

Whoa, that is very odd. He curls his tail like a Basenji. Baldr has a 13 inch tail, but he does not curl it like that.

Cameo · 07-19-2010, 04:47 AM

now THAT is corrective grooming!!! WTG

Have one that I do that is a bit curly-tailed and I scissor it sorta rounded like that. Client said, "no one has ever gotten it to look like a poodle tail"

Fluffyspoos · 07-19-2010, 08:11 AM

LOL OMG! That's hilarious! I was looking at the first pic all... that's not a natural tail, FD, you crazy. Then I looked at the rest.. well, wow! Someone has one heck of a curled tail! That's some amazing grooming you worked there!

neVar · 07-19-2010, 09:06 AM

i was doing the same as fluffy going WAH? that's not a natural tail-... what is she thinking.

That's insane!

whitepoodles · 07-19-2010, 09:14 AM

BALDR's tail was never docked. This was the first litter I produced which none of hte tails was docked. I found that none of the tails except for one puppy when theymatured went "gay" or what the breed standard labels as "Snap tail" It is rare that an undocked tail does not eventually go into curl position, however it is possible. I will try to post a photo of a puppy I bred whose tail was not docked and it remained the same 90degree to the back and at 12 o'clock. so it is possible. It all depends on the tails in the pedigree and what each dog's tail structure is like, gay or correct.