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Old 02-06-2010, 12:23 PM   #386
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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s View Post
No, no, no...I totally did NOT mean it as a bitchy comment. Just dry humor. But I can totally see reading it now how it could be taken that way. My apologies for that. For the record, my hound goes out for long periods during the day when it's cold and I put a sweater on her. And I dress my dogs up every once in a while too. I do my fair share of "pointless" as well!

Out of the three on my couch beside me right now...one has a full tail, one has a nub, and one is docked perfectly where it should be...so we're on all ends of the spectrum here.
LOL, it's OK. It's hard to tell how people mean things over the internet because all we have are words and can't see how the person is saying it, ya know. So sometimes I probably take things too personal or type things the wrong way.

Like I said, I think the little nubs are adorable too. I dog-sit for Boxers and their whole butts shake when their happy & excited and it's definitely adorable so I'm not denying that.

I don't know, I suppose I just like the all-natural thing.

I have a legimate question if anyone can answer.... certain breeds, like the Australian Shepherd for example, are born without tails. Was this a process that just happened through generations of breeding?

The whole breeding of dogs things confuses me in general. But for example, if people bred for Yorkies with shorter and shorter tails, could they ONE day be naturally docked?
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