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Originally Posted by PlatinumYorkies Can, I ask you a personal question...When you were looking for yorkies, did you ask the breeder did she dock the tails? DId you look for yorkies that tails were still attached, or for a breeder who just had her litter so you could have a say in the docking of your yorkies tail. In dog's where the breed standard calls for docked tails, it's not Cosmetic.
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I disagree. The "breed standard" for the yorkshire terrier is almost entirely "cosmetic". There is no functional reason to dock a tail. It is purely for outward appearance and aesthetics at this point. The entire standard speaks almost exclusively about outward appearance and conformation. There is nothing more cosmetic than that in my opinion.
Our countyr needs to catch up and ban this barbaric and cruel practice. Talk about breeding tiny females being cruel....it is so much more cruel in my opinion to dock a 3 day out infant's tail.
Talk about trauma. I wonder how many babies have died as a result of this? Whispersmom told the story of the vet who refused to do it to a tiny baby. We just had two little ones on here die after docking tails and it may not have been what caused them to perish, but we don't know for sure.
I think all breeders need to think long and hard about this practice especially if they are only producing pets and not show dogs.