Low tail carriage and broad tail base is linked to anal furunculosis (chronic and painful inflammation)(German Shepherd)
But even with these muddy results, it is clear that very high and very
low tail carriage are atypical.
Not exact matches
Tail carriage appears to be variable though
carriage that is either high over the back or very
low are outside the norms.
Therefore,
carriage should either not be mentioned in the standards or, at most, faults listed for
tails held high and curled over the back or
low and tucked under the hindquarters.
However, responses to the
tail carriage question were less definitive: 33 % of the dogs typically carry their
tails slightly below the topline, 22 % slightly above, and 21 % carried them
low.