Hm. I'm beginning to suspect the dog I saw the other day had mixed parentage. He looked sort of like the Carolina dog, if you made his ears much smaller, his muzzle shorter, and his coat shorter -- as short as the fur on a Steiff toy animal!

To answer your questions:
- size of dog was about 40 lbs, 24" tall (head height to ground).
- tail is short and curliqued, like an Akita's.
- tail was curled to rest on top of the back.
- ears were erect but not pointing straight up -- sort of pointed out a little.
- muzzle was medium -- not pointy, not square, somewhere in between.