Big Sky Country Horse & Dogs

Double Barrel

Enjoy
It needs the large version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uis4WhlF_kI&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uis4WhlF_kI

EPointer=Birdss

Double Barrel wrote: »

Enjoy
It needs the large version
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uis4WhlF_kI&feature=player_embedded

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uis4WhlF_kI

Nice video in some ways.
Not a fan of the vertical tails though on pointing dogs though.

Double Barrel

EP

I am with you on the tail position.
I have hunted open prairie country and sometimes the only part of a dog one sees is the tip top of the tail.

The lad on horseback looks young.

EPointer=Birdss

Double Barrel wrote: »

EP

I am with you on the tail position.
I have hunted open prairie country and sometimes the only part of a dog one sees is the tip top of the tail.

The lad on horseback looks young.

It looks kinda unnatural & artificial.
Just personal preference really...

cookimonster

Let me first stress that my dog is not a hunter, but is of a breed originaly used for foot hunting and later used in England for mounted hunts. This is the Bassett hound, who has a classic saber shaped tail tipped with contrasting colour and used as indicator for such a short statued dog working in tall vegetarian. The high tail is classic in scent hounds etc..

Mauser 308

As I understand it, some of the american pointer/setter strains have the tail that is raised up on point. This was required as they hunted in long grass, and it was the only way to sight the dog in the grass.

I'm with EP though. I like the straight tail when they are set.

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cookimonster wrote: »

Let me first stress that my dog is not a hunter, but is of a breed originaly used for foot hunting and later used in England for mounted hunts. This is the Bassett hound, who has a classic saber shaped tail tipped with contrasting colour and used as indicator for such a short statued dog working in tall vegetarian. The high tail is classic in scent hounds etc..

Maybe & I don't know he history of pointing dogs but as a personal preference I think it doesn't look right. The dogs upward stature vs. the more sleak, crouched, paw up, horizontal tail style is more 'hunter' like to me. The line of the dog from tip to nose pointing in the direction of the game.
Next guy might like the opposite. Doesn't really matter I suppose

cookimonster

Personal preference is strong factor.

Had a Google and found quite a few 'pointer' photos and two things stand out, docked tailed dogs tend to have a tail height in and around the top line of the dogs back, while the undocked tails curl upwards.

I seem to remember that tail positions help balance head positions etc, any way no argument here just observations...........

........Nothing funnier than watching a Bassett hoover their way down a scent trail.......

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cookimonster wrote: »

........Nothing funnier than watching a Bassett hoover their way down a scent trail.......

There is - but a bitch in heat on top of a flight of stairs & watch a dog Basset try & climb it

Double Barrel

I favour classic lines, tail in line with back and head.


Photo courtesy Derry Argue.