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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  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. |
Yeah, that's what I meant.
Well, Jackson's body is around 10-11" from neck to the base of tail. His tail is probably around 8-9" long, I would imagine. But the tail is a guesstimate.
I didn't know anything about the short tail thing, wow!