The next section of the standard has to do with the movement section, this is the area of understanding that really needs clarification with many in the judging community. I have a very confident male dog who doesn’t care if he is in the show ring or in a livestock pen it’s all work to him. With this “work” comes the typical ACD
focus...as any of you who have cattle dogs know most have an “all in” philosophy, if it’s play or work if you are a cattle dog you go all out, it’s probably this that makes us love the breed so much, they do nothing half way.
So when it comes to a cattle dog in the show ring judges must understand this. The standard says the tail can be raised during movement or excitement (or both). It is the understanding of how high that has created so much “fun” for us with new AKC judging friends this past year.
Let’s look first at what the standard does not
say..it does NOT say where it CAN be moved to during this movement or excitement. The only thing it says is where it can NOT go. Basically the standard leaves it open for the tail to be anywhere during movement, anywhere but one place. Anywhere means straight out, down low, or even higher than straight out, even between the legs (as much as i don’t like to see that) is all allowed in the standard. The standard says the one area that is a no zone is above a VERTICAL line drawn through the root of the tail. This clearly states that if you draw a line from the ground up toward the sky going through the point where the tail attaches that no part of the tail is to cross that line, But also just as clearly the standard allows the tail to be ANYWHERE up to that point.
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