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Originally Posted by KazzyK810  I was born & raised in England. I'm still a British Citizen, but am now living in the States and have had two yorkies here, both with docked tails. Growing up in England, my family & extended family all had yorkies and they all had docked tails, only as a kid I didn't know that, I just thought that's how they were naturally. But, it's a look I became accustomed to and associate with my idea of how a yorkie looks. Now, when I go back to England and see yorkies with full tail, I confess it looks wierd to me. My first reaction is...yorkie mix. I know they aren't...but it's what first springs to mind every time. |
Some dogs with undocked tails don't hold them up as they should be held up. I noticed this with the Yorkies shown at Crufts and they didn't look balanced and appeared to be tucking their croup making them look as if their topline was not level. To me they didn't make a pretty picture.