This weekend I took my Labrador out hunting for the very first time. We were out for 3 days hunting all day each day. We got home last night and Poacher (Our Lab) was running around the living room and he was holding his tail at a rather odd angle. The base of the tail was being held up (Maybe 3" ) but the reast was drooping down. My father and I both can' t remember the last time during the trip when he had held his tail straight up like he usually does. He won' t let me touch it to try and see if something is wrong...

To my question(s) -

Could his tail be broken?

If it is, how serious is our situation?

What can I do to figure out whether it is or is not broken?