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Originally Posted by lisaly  Thank you for starting this thread. I enjoyed reading the different points of view, and I really liked reading the information that Shannon linked and Ann posted. It really made me think. Although I love the look of the medium docked tail, it really hurts me that we are doing this to our babies who we love so much just for the sake of beauty. It seems so painful for them, and it made me so very sad. I love the long tail on the Biewers, and I am constantly reminded of AprilLove's beautiful video of the Biewer tail wag. We might have a difficult time getting undocked tails from show breeders in North America who are breeding for their next show pup. My breeder, however, that entrusted our precious Katie with us has been showing Yorkies with docked and undocked tails (so that she can also compete in Europe), and she has done quite well attaining championships for these Yorkies in North America. I think it says a lot that throughout the rest of the world, tail docking is banned. |
Lisa, I swear AprilLove's babies' tails are some of the most gorgeous ever! Stunning
. I bet your breeder has a very unique perspective into both sides of this issue. I hope someday she'll be able to lead the way toward a new way of thinking about docking; that would be wonderful. Maybe her little undocked kiddos will change a little piece o' the world
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