Thanks... What a relief... Actually, I dont know about people's preferences, but I just can't imagine cutting off and bleeding a small little doggie's tail... It's just too shocking to me. And just proves, in general, how cruel people can be for their "prefernce", if it's not for the dog's benefit. Actually I do have a second hand experience with "docking". My brother used to have a Dobbie and when he was a puppy, his ears and tails were fixed. It looked really painful. And he later on had an infection on the tail so he had to go to the vet's. He seemed to be hurting badly. After that, my family said never to alter animal's natural body. I knew about big watch dogs do that. But I didnt know they would cut little yorkie's tail.
I am glad Max's tail is not docked. It really is cute. He looks more normal to me with the long tail than my friends' docked tail yorkies (I saw it many years ago but I remember it had a short tail too). I just want Max to be pain free and happy. He normally draggs his tail around, which is kind of cute too, ha ha. But when he is excited, it does stand up and the hairs fall like a palm tree really.
Regarding messiness of pooing, no, it's not at all messy. I just cut his anal hair and it's very clean. He lifts up his tail when he goes, so never gets on his tail at all.
Thank you guys for the valuable information. And, if possible, let's try to keep our dogs happy. Let's try not to cut off their body parts. They are so small... ;(