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Originally Posted by Mardelin  The tail was docked for sanitary reasons and to inhibit injury. It had nothing to do with ratting, the yorkie was removed from a rat hole by the topknot. |
Thank you for answering my question.
As I said, I just don't understand why all breeds of dogs don't have docked tails if it were truly for sanity reasons and to prevent injury. If tails were such a problem, why don't they dock tails on Labs, Retrievers, etc? I mean... it seems to me the only reason tails are still docked is purely for looks and because it is "standard" to the human eye.