When I posted my original comments disagreeing with the practice of docking tails, I thought I was going to be flamed with negative comments. I am so glad that there are others out there who also would like to end chopping off body parts of puppies for no good reason. Also, I did like to say a "yeah that" to the comment regarding the cutting of ears of other breeds.
I once had a beautiful boxer from championship lines and I gave into the pressure of wanting him to look like the standard and had his ears cropped. I felt terrible! Although, I am sure I did not feel as bad as he did! I said then NEVER AGAIN.
Two weeks ago my dog had three puppies, they all have dew claws and full tails. It was an accidental breeding the puppies are Maltese x Yorkie mix so they will never be show dogs. Two of them look exactly like Yorkies but none of it matters, I would not crop if they were full Yorkies.
I do believe if we who have take it upon ourselves to live with these dogs, simply refuse to engage in the practice of docking and removing dew claws, the practice will change. Again, we can look the Boxer breed in the USA for precedence, dogs with uncropped ears are now accepted and can be shown. That happened because of the Boxer loving public decided they where not going to mutilate their companion animals any longer. Wouldn't it be great if the same thing happened with Yorkies?
I also agree that it would be great if we could use this forum to do something really great for these little dogs that we care so much about. How about adding an email campaign to the letter writing?