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Originally Posted by Britster  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?  |
Well, if you mean "naturally shorter" then yes, but it can't be "naturally docked" because docking means cutting the tip. That's what good breeders do, they pick traits and breed for them. If docking is ever banned, I imagine breeders would take the tail more into account when breeding, I'm sure some yorkies have naturally longer tails than others, just as some have naturally larger ears. I have seen pictures of yorkies whos tails were longer than their bodies. I'm curious to know the average length of an undocked tail in relation to body length.
There could be problems breeding dogs with extremely short tails from what I've read, some of these dogs have a condition related to spinal bifida. So again you would want to proceed with caution and do studies and research before you decide to breed for this.