Breeders Of Natural Bob Tail Or Short Tailed Breeds

[Trisven13]

There is a dog currently in Albury Pound who has come from a definitely neglectful home, I would say probably cruel home. There are photos of him in the rescue forum and I have attached a link. He appears to have quite a twisted rear end and strange tail position and I seem to remember hearing that in some breeds (maybe Bulldogs who have a short curly tail?) the gene that causes the short/twisted tail can cause a spinal abnormality.

If that is the case does it look like what this young dog has?

Link to rescue forum

[Bullbreedlover]

wow T

That is one serious misalignment.

It very well could be a birth defect rather than an enviromental one.

Bulldogs and frenchies are hemi-vertabrae breeds.

This does look different though in my opinion.

Would love to see an xray of his spine just to see what is going on. Poor thing

[Sayly]

Wow, poor mite.

There are several different 'types'/genes for bob tails, for example the Aussie Shepherds can have a 'bob' that is missing anything from one vertebrae to having a tiny bob. I believe some other breeds have bob tail genes that simply result in a small bob.

I haven't heard of anything like that occuring in Aussies (not saying it doesn't of course).

[Trisven13]

Thanks for your input. I've read some more on it from links posted and I think its most likely the way he was born but I will get a vet to examine him if his temperament is otherwise good. He is so young that I just can't see how maturity will do anything but cause him pain.