I know what Brody's natural tail looks like because it is undocked, but not Mia's...but I see many other natural Yorkie tails and they are different than Brody's. With so many tails docked for so long, I cannot help but wonder if those who would modify the standard even know what a natural tail looks like...or should look like?
I definitely don't have the answer, but it doesn't seem to be only our pets for whom the rationale of the "there 'might' be injury/disease in years ahead so remove the possibly offending part now as a preventative measure" mindset exists. I doubt you'll even believe this, but about a year ago in a medical waiting room, there was a show playing and young women in their 20's and 30's were talking about how they were having mastectomies done to themselves so as to prevent possibly getting breast cancer in 20-40 years...and they were happy about it!
Unable to 'un-hear' their enthusiasm, I was never so eager to leave a place in all my life I do not believe.
I think we have probably long been performing unnecessary procedures, taking unnecessary preventatives and innoculations...but I cannot think of a way to know 10 years or more beforehand what should be done 'now' to prevent a 'worse' future fate, nor can I think of a way to confirm if that preventative actually worked...or would in every case. It is basically like the 'elephant repellent' oxymoron.
I am simply for choice, reason, logic, and a heaping helping of the once 'common' sense...and that includes my pets.