Just about an hour and a half after shooting the video of the Silvia Trkman course I took Matilda for a walk and I discovered Matilda's tail wasn't right. It hung straight down. She could still wag it, but she wasn't holding it up in its normal position. I finished the video at about 4 or 4:30. I put the video together and put it on Silvia's site. At about 5:30 we went for our walk and Matilda looked like this.
It's now one day later and her tail is still down. Has anyone had any experience with this?
It's now one day later and her tail is still down. Has anyone had any experience with this?
None of my dogs have had it, but I've had three or four students dogs get it, mostly retrievers after lots of swimming. When I showed Goldens it was apparently common for them to get it, handlers called it dead tail. Seems to be it acts like a sprain, takes a few days to get better, Some of them have gotten pain meds from vet.
Dead tail. I've heard of it too. Especially in field labs.
I was thinking about her tendency to blind cross you sometimes... and I was thinking why don't you get Daisy's LOOKBACK video and train the blind cross... so she is paying closer attention to what you are asking and that a blindcross isn't her random choice and she will know when you want it and when you are not cueing it... it will certainly make clear if its really a focus issue or more about disobedience... I bet she just doesn't know its not her choice cause blind cross isn't in her repetoire