Limber tail isn't common, but hunters should be aware of how to help their dog if it happens. (Photo courtesy of Colin J. O’Connor)
October 03, 2025
By Colin J. O'Connor
The birds came slow that morning, drifting downwind in twos and threes, their wings skimming the frozen air over our flooded rice field. My big Labrador held steady beside me, eyes locked on the horizon, every muscle tight and tense. When the shot came, he was gone in a spray of water—shoulders punching through the stubble, tail working like a propeller as he drove toward the fall.
The spread was picked, and the guns were cased. But it wasn’t until I turned to leash him that I saw it—his tail, usually wagging in a slow, satisfied post-hunt rhythm, hung...
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