Well, I've just been stroking my pussy, and her tail will take on a quite radical bend at the base, but, as you say, on Melody the tail position looks a little high as well. Traveller Vargr page Here's one example of how GDW figured a modified dog might look. Not at all the same as a human with a different head and add-on tail. It feels wrong as a working biped, but at least the tail looks plausibly like the extension of the spine that it is.