Yep, it is about 1/4 of the way down. It is also only about 3/4 of each hair. The end 1/4 of each hair is brown, the top 3/4 of each hair is gray. Weird, but apparently common.Is it about 1/4 of the way down? I've seen tons of labs who's tails are thin in that area and I've always wondered why. I don't notice anything like that on Baloo, but I've usually seen it on older labs, so I just assumed that was why. Odd...