Re: [pyrnet] Shepherds crook

["Robyn Allwright" <ziffanyrobyn@earthlink.net>]

> > Lets be clear.  It is mostly the crook along the body of the tail.  Look
> > at page 343 in Mary Crane's cook at Ibos du Val d'Aure.  Not the best
> > picture, but he likely has a crook. Page 376, Basquaerie Iris clearly
has
> > a nice one.  Page 291 Roland de Soum has a very clear one.  The tail
seems
> > to flip over and/or to the side accenting the plumage of the tail.  The
> > tip I had not thought much about, but when I do that is part of it as
> > well.  I mostly look for the flip in the tail itself.  
> 
> Well I am learning something new!  I always thought the Shepherd's 
> Crook was the significant bend at the tip of the tail.  I'll go look 
> at pictures tonight.
> 
> 
Judith - you and me both!  From what I had read (and possibly I have read
it wrong -- need to keep those specticles handy <VBG>), I had thought that
the shepherd's crook was the bend at the tip.  Personally, I have seen pyrs
with the tail that flips over to the side, and I don't like the look.  The
one rescue we had would always run with her tail flipped to one side, and
it made her look lopsided.

--- Robyn Allwright
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--- Ziffany Great Pyrenees