I'm new here and haven't officially introduced my little one but this is one thread I have to reply to. My precious baby was given to me by a coworker that found her lost and sick wondering the streets. She was 4 months old and even though my coworker posted Found signs all over her neighborhood no one ever claimed her. We didn't find this strange considering that she was so unhealthy that she looked like a mutt
Well she is healthy now but apart from her floppy ears she also has a long tail. My vet warned me that if I was going to Dock it I would have to do it immediatly because she was already 4 months old. My first question to him was "is it cosmetic or for health reasons"? After finding out it was simply cosmetics my husband and I decided that we were not going to do it. Besides would I like it if my parents would have cut some part of me off just because they did not like the way I looked? I understand that there are people that have show dogs and there are others that simply like the tail docked. I respect that, but I don't like the idea. I love the fact that when my little one gets happy its so easy to see that happiness by the movement of her tail. In the mornings when she gets up (she's our alarm clock
) that long tail of hers starts wacking the headboard so loud from her exitement that we just have to get up. She has been known to hit us with hit also. Not on purpose but she gets so exited that her tail just goes crazy. The tail is also great to locate her when she is catching bugs in the garden. Those moments are so special that I'm glad I did not take her little tail off.