[DBlain]

I used to love a docked tail if done properly, but aside from show breeders just about everyone else even vets go to short. My sister's yorkie has a stub about 1/4" long which looks very bad. Now that I have Lola who has a tail I love them and hope the practice in the US stops. I know there are some show breeders bucking the trend and one here in MI I was told was recently finished having an intact tail. The thing is that unless you pick out a puppy before it's born (which is something I would never do) most yorkie breeders go ahead and dock since they say that's what people want. I just had this discussion with someone that was preparing to have a litter of parties, I suggested she keep the tails and while she really wanted to was advised against it by her mentor because she was told that buyers would expect a docked tail. I often wonder if we did a poll of YT US members to see if they would prefer a tail or not which would win out, I sort of think it would be in favor of tails.