I think it comes with time. Bear would rarely ever wag, and when he did it was more like a little swish. Now.... Destructive tail!!! Wag wag wag.


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How old is Scout?

My two adults are not only tail waggers, but also woggle butts, especially when we first get home.

My guys are both very happy dogs and their tails are always going, sometimes more than others, depends on the situation.

 

Maybe it's an age thing? Tanner is a thumper. He thumps it on the ground or on something. And if there is nothing around he wiggles his butt and tail. It's adorable.




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Hopefully it will come with time. Mine are full body waggers, they can hardly walk straight because they wag their tails so hard it makes them sway!

 

Bwhaha that's a funny mental picture! <3


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I'm sure not every dog will wag their tail. My girl is a big tail wagger. At least you won't be saddened by the dreaded tail droop. She'll be happily wagging her tail when I go to leave for work and it slowly droops down as she realizes I am leaving and it just breaks my heart.

 

Scout is 11 months old. He moves his tail, like when he is at attention it is above his body in a pretty curve. I just really worked him up into a happy frenzy with his ball and it slowly swayed side to side( guess that is a wag). I am hoping he grows into a happy " I can beat you with my tail of happiness" wag.

 

All my goldens were big tail wagers! Two month old Muffin waggles her whole body because her tail is still so small!

 

Did he always not wag his tail or has this started recently? I just ask because we've had 3 dogs and our first, who was a big tail wagger (all you had to do was start to say "walk" and it would start thumping on the floor) one day woke up and his tail didn't wag at all. It just hung there. It was so odd we called the vet and were told that sometimes dogs pinch a nerve in the tail and it effectively paralyzes their tail for a while. With Bigsby the wagging slowly came back and after about a month it was normal again. It happened one other time in his life after that.

Our second dog was less of a wager than our first, but it still wagged. Our current 4 month old pup wags her tail when she is happy and excited but I can't yet get her to wag it just by talking to her in a silly voice. Her tail is very expressive: I can tell if she's super happy, shy happy, a little nervous, sad because she just realized we are leaving, etc..

 

He has control over his tail. He just isn't a wagger I guess.