Bent tail???

I went out with my dog yesterday for a good couple of hours, he was swimming, retrieving and having a great time, anyway when i got home i noticed his tail looked odd, he was holding it in a strange bent kind of way? although its ok sometimes, what could it be?

As far as i know he didnt sustain any injury to it while we were out, can swimming do something to cause this?

Is it limp tail? Can be caused when a dog gets wet, and itsn't dried properly x

what is limp tail? how long would that last? he shook himself after swimming and dried naturally so not sure lol!

Have a look at this. I came across it the other day. I may be wrong though, might be worth giving the vets a call just to explain & see what they say:

(go to general, then scroll down to 'beagle tail')

http://www.beaglehealth.info/

i had never heard of "limp tail" so iv just been researching it just now and was amazed that id not known about such a thing, marleys my first lab but now i know im not as worried about it lol! ill rest him today and see how it is tommorrow.
Thanks

I never had either!! Hope he gets better soon x

it sounds like this is what marley has, he shook himself a few times as he was in and out of the water quite alot! lol, hopefully it will be fine ill call the vet otherwise later today, thanks for the link

It's got a few names one is Swimmer's Tail or Cold Water Tail

Dougal had something similar once, he recovered on his own after a week or so. It looked really weird though, and I, for the life of me, can't work out how he got it. He's not a swimmer...swims like a brick does Dougal.

Fingers crossed your fella recovers quickly.

It is amazing what knowledge there is on this website - I had never heard of this 'limp tail', 'cold water tail', 'limber tail'. Have just researched it - thank you for adding to my dog knowledge