My Duchess has her tail and I love it. My first yorkie's tail was docked. Now that I have a yorkie with a tail, I have to say I do prefer yorkies with tails now. I'm in the states by the way. I love them either way though and it really doesn't matter to me as long as they do not suffer any pain when the tails are being docked. I couldn't imagine anyone docking the tail when they are older then the recommended 3-5 days after birth. That would be so cruel....akin to getting a arm caught off because it's more pleasing to the eye of the beholder.
I guess here in the states they docked the tail more because it is standard but as someone pointed out, why mutilate (because let's be honest...that is what it is) to adhere to some standard? From what I understand the tail was docked to keep terriers from getting the tails caught when chasing rats. Now that they no longer do that, there really isn't a reason to docked them anymore. Who knows maybe one day the standards will change. |