Congrats to your BFF successfully attending grad school here in Texas, enabling her to go ANYWHERE in the coutry she chooses to practice her occupation. Yes, Texas is conservative, and more traditional I think, and just as we all have our preferences in all aspects of our lives, we love it that way! If it aint broke, we are more apt to not go monkeying with it. In pet homes, I love floppy eared, long tailed teapots, but I wouldnt want to see that in our shows as a standard image for a Yorkie. As far as docking tails being "cruel", it isn't cruel....maybe not a particular preference, but not cruel. I think your Grandma is very typical...."she has very particular ideas how Yorkies should look". Are people that are against docking also against cutting off toes.....dew claw removal? What about castrating males.....cruel? If docking and dewclaw removal and castration is done with a meat cleaver, when the dog is 8 months old, I agree....cruel. |