I have never seen this or had it happen to me, but i was asked by a friend to see if anyone else has had this happen or have seen it.

A litter of golden retriever pups, 7 in the litter, and 3 of the pups have a crook in their tails at the base, of the tail. Does it mean anything? Is it bad? good? will it go away?

TIA
Kathy

If they are keeping then in a wire ex-pen or something like that it could have caused it. It's really odd to have the end of the tail crooked.

They were born this way.

We have had a couple of pups with kinks and I have been told that it can be carried through the line. I have never kept one to breed from. Also, the last one I had - had such a "kink" that the vet x-rayed the spine to be sure that the other vertebrae were okay. They were okay.

Thanks, I'll pass that on. Wonder if it would need to be double recessive on both sides, or just carried by one parent.
Interesting.

I read a study recently that linked exposure of a pregnant bitch to pesticides, specifically Captan...to crooked tails in her pups.
Captan is a wettable powder for use in water as a spray for the control of certain fungus diseases of fruit, and ornamental crops.

Thank you.