I am starting to wonder if Whisper is purebred..

[Spirit2010]

Well, Whisper curls her tail when she wags it, and Hershey doesn't. Its kind of like a Rottie does with it's tail. Hershey doesn't curl his tail unless he is alert of something.. Either that this pup has a lot of personality! What do you guys think by looking at her pictures?

 

[noludoru]

She definitely looks pure to me, I've never seen a lab with a "curly" tail--I didn't know otter-tails could curl.

 

[Charliesmommy]

Charlie had a curly tail when he was a puppy but it straightened out at about 5 months. He's a GSD, not a lab, but maybe Whisper's tail will straighten out???

 

[jess2416]

Chloe is supposedly a GSD/Lab mix and hers was straight until she got older and then it started to curl

 

[dogsarebetter]

i know collies, shelties, labs, GSD, all pure bred with curley tails. some times they straighten out, sometimes they dont.
we call this a "gay tail"

 

[Zoom]

She's not the best bred Lab though, I know many "AKC papered" Labs (total BYB's) that have curled tails. That and ear set seem to be the first things to go wonky when the breeding sucks.

 

[Toller_08]

One of my neighbours has a purebred Lab with a curled tail aswell. Just a result from poor breeding.

 

[Dreyfus_Fang]

I agree with Toller, my father's dog is a chocolate lab named Bosco and his tail is curly. His wife says it's because of poor breeding, dad just says Bosco is retarded.