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swan · 08-15-2016, 10:57 AM

What's up my Yorkie peeps! It's been a while but I finally have some time to post here. As many of you know there is a debate in the United States about allowing dogs with undocked tails to show in AKC shows. I have seen them out at a couple shows. In one instance the dog was dismissed from the ring and in the other the dog was allowed to show but didn't place. I believe we have the opposite problem in Europe where American dogs can't be shown because of the docked tail.

So what do we do?

I don't have an answer, but I do side with the AKC on this one. I prefer the docked tail for many reasons. I have seen puppies getting their tails docked and its really the equivalent of a circumsion. A broken tail on an adult dog is a painful, expensive, and difficult problem to have.

As always, just my humble opinion, curious what others thoughts are.

08-15-2016, 10:57 AM	#1
swan Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Florida Posts: 98	The Tale of the Tail What's up my Yorkie peeps! It's been a while but I finally have some time to post here. As many of you know there is a debate in the United States about allowing dogs with undocked tails to show in AKC shows. I have seen them out at a couple shows. In one instance the dog was dismissed from the ring and in the other the dog was allowed to show but didn't place. I believe we have the opposite problem in Europe where American dogs can't be shown because of the docked tail. So what do we do? I don't have an answer, but I do side with the AKC on this one. I prefer the docked tail for many reasons. I have seen puppies getting their tails docked and its really the equivalent of a circumsion. A broken tail on an adult dog is a painful, expensive, and difficult problem to have. As always, just my humble opinion, curious what others thoughts are.