https://archive.org/details/TheTwentiethCenturyDogVolume2sporting
http://bbfrenchtreasure.free.fr/articles.php?pg=art273
A high tail is considered as a fault in the Barbet.That has been the case since the standard was written in 1886. The Modern re-incarnated Barbet came along with many tails erect at 12.10 o’clock. A dead givaway of the presence of poodleblood.