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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Yes, I think they are pretty, too. Is Elvis the one you said in another thread had a deer-butt! Sounds like your Elvis is a ratter at heart just as my Tibbe would be given the chance! I wonder how long and how far he would chase something he is after if he were just allowed to go after real prey until he caught it. I will tell you that the heart of an old-fashioned dog of the mines and farms of the British Isles beats in this little lap dog when he scents or sees something to chase. He is still a working terrier at heart. |
LOL! The dear-butt! That's Scoobers, so funny he's a Schnorkie (Yorkie/ mini schnauzie hybrid) he's freakishly large though at 21 lbs! Scoobers is my 'runner' he'll follow recall...except...when he catches a scent in an unfenced area he has no control over it he's gone before his lil gears in his noggin' have time to respond! Yes, he has a butt that (I know most dogs have swirls there) looks exactly like a dear's I'd post a pic but ya know someone else might read over this and see it and I'll be the dear-butt pic poster from then on!
I know what you mean to Brister I used to think some dogs just had short tails naturally! I had no idea they were "docked"! Actually I used to think so many things before I came to YT and found out so many things...thankfully.
I know the mini schnauzie (my wording here tired again it's 6 am) had something to do with the first few tail vertebrae being stronger to be used as a handle to be pulled by tails from holes but that if you grab beyond that point you will break their tail like any other dog so maybe that's why they dock theirs even though it was 'handle like by breeding' along with injury prevention.