Palpation (waist, ribs and abdominal tuck, and dorsal spinous processes at tail base) to assess adipose tissue mass (dogfoodselector.com)
Low tail carriage and broad tail base is linked to anal furunculosis (chronic and painful inflammation)(German Shepherd) (dogbreedhealth.com)
Body: American Beauty iron handle on top, bakelite spoon handle rudder, wavy antenna Lighting: Top gooseneck, flicker flames underneath; rear flicker flame tail Base: Aluminum nose cone for an industrial water pump, with 4 pool balls; small hood ornament rocket by a pot top knob moon; red pot top, top of an old extinguisher. (treehugger.com)