Just to clarify: my point is that plenty of yorkies all around the world have tails, and had tails before it was formally outlawed. I know the eppy of "It's Me or the Dog" Britster is talking about, and it shows beautiful yorkies with full tails. Not only was this filmed several years ago, the dogs themselves were adults - clearly they had "non-mandated" tails.
Additionally, docking has been banned for a long time in many countries. Denmark, for example, has banned tail docking for twelve years. In Germany, it's been banned for almost twenty. There has been plenty of time to collect data on tail breakages, and it doesn't exist.
It maybe be different for working dogs, but yorkies aren't working - they are companion dogs.
FYI, my opinion on this has changed. I used to believe it was utterly barbaric, and now I just think it's a bad idea, which is likely where I'll stay. If it weren't banned by almost every other country in the West, I probably wouldn't call for it to be illegal here, but it appears to me that the rest of the world is on the right track, and we should follow their example.
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