tails were also docked in the old days to show a working dog from a pet for tax purposes. working dogs were not taxed. now please keep in mind we are probably talking about an era where mr. tax man came door to door. i have also heard of other reasons. it is a known fact that yorkies were working dogs long ago. they took care of the vermin population in mills and surrounding homes. i still see it in mine to this day. if a mouse gets in my house, they go nuts. we had one under a cabinet and my yorkies acted more like hounds! one of my girls stood with eyes fixated on the location of the mouse. she reminded me more of a pointer! LOL |