In the distant past, tails were docked for safety reasons - since yorkies were ratters etcetera.
Now, it's bc of a standard. However, it's banned in places all over the world, here is a link:
Docking (dog) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Interesting to note that even in Colombia where people are killed for drugs every day, tail docking was banned bc it's "Considered unnecessary, painful, cruel and mutilation".
My personal wish is that docking would cease; it's the right thing to do (imo) and it's part of their body. If it didn't belong on their body, evolution would have taken care of it. We shouldn't amputate animals' body parts bc of a standard that we, as humans, created in the first place
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Pfeiffer has a full tail and it's just gorgeous! A poof of expression for her.
We've had tail docking threads in the past that got very, very heated bc people do feel passionate about it on both sides. Hopefully, this one will stay only lukewarm or cooler.
