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Originally Posted by Elle  This is what the standard says:
Docked to a medium length and carried slightly higher than the level of the back.
That's all there is. Let's talk about it. What is gay to you? What is too short/ long to you? A tail cut too long or short, set too high or low, it can throw off a beautiful image. It's under rated IMO. But what it ideal to you? How do you go about getting it from the start? How do you guess the correct size each time? Have you made mistakes? Do you have a dog (or a reference) with a tail that you appreciate? Are tails just "a tail" to you"?
by Carolyn Hensley
Tail: Be sure to consider both the structure and the carriage of tails. Yorkshire Terriers should possess docked, thick, full-coated tails. The thin or too long, or worse the thin and too short tail detracts significantly from the balance and type. As more breeds ban docking expect more with natural tails in your ring, know the AKC "opinion" on the subject prior to adjudication. Tails should set neither too high nor too low. The high-set tail, often accompanying a flat back and croup, inevitably makes the Yorkie who possesses it carry a gay tail. Under ordinary circumstances, they ought never to stand or move with their tails either between their legs over their bodies |
I consider a gay tail that has a strong arch toward the head. There is a video in the show section by xxmxo (or whatever) that she took at a Kansas show. There is a dog in the ring that definately has a gay.
When docking a tail, I now consider the structure of the dog and adulthood size. My repro vet informed me, that if you measure the tail, by pulling down towards the vaginal or scrotum....and dock at the point where that tail just meets those areas. You will always have a docked tail that is proportioned to the dogs size, therefore a balanced looking dog. I've been using this method and by gosh it's been working every time.