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Yorkie with a tail My Dutch has her tail which is not docked. I really can't imagine her tail being docked now so I love her tail especially when she is walking. One of the things I noticed is that every time I picked her up, her tail goes between her legs. I know that when dogs or cats are feeling fearful, or they don't like something they put their tails between their legs. She does at other times too like even when she is being cuddled. I know she likes to be picked up and cuddled because she will beg me to pick her up and she sleeps under the covers with me. Is it just a thing where she is just protecting her tail? It would depress me so much if she didn't like how I was holding or cuddling her. Anyone else notice this about their yorkies with tails? |
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In our Country Tail Docking is illegal so our Yorkie's have tails but they don't go between their legs only my boys does when Scuzby has done something he knows is wrong but it's rather funny. He on the other had cowers if you put your hand over his should blades, the only thing I can think of it when I had him Micro chipped as a puppy he bled the first one out so had to get it again and the Vet had to squeeze the spot for a while till the blood clotted? And that's the spot he is frightened of? |
I don't really know her background as she was rehomed. What's puzzling is that she isnt fearful of me. She doesn't cower when I bend down to pick her up. In fact sometimes she jumps into my arms. Her tail goes between her legs as soon as I pick her even when she wants me to pick her up. I hope it's just a quirk of hers because I love holding her. I am thinking maybe she is protecting her tail. Maybe at her last home (there was a 1 yr old)the child pulled on her tail. |
Lowering of a tail indicates submission, not fear, so your baby is probably just showing you that she respects you as her leader - which is a good thing! The same thing is illustrated when they flatten their ears which can either indicate submission or excitement. Teddy's ears go super flat when he is happy to see a family member or when I ask him to do something he'd rather not do - but he does it anyway! Well, sometimes! |
Tail - WikiFur, the furry encyclopedia A tail is an extension of the spine. Protecting it from being hyper extended during holding would be my best guess. Submission to the alpha also makes sense. Submission doesn't mean fear in this case. |
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My Pfeiffer has her gorgeous tail too - and hers goes down and btwn her legs as soon as you pick her up. I bet w/ my other two - their little stubby tails probably point downward when I pick them up too, but I don't notice it. |
:) Our Harry always puts his tail down between his legs when we pick him up - I always thought it was because he was protecting his 'man parts'....:eek: :D |
Galen has his tail . . I wasn't sure what his tail does so I had to try it . . lol . . He doesn't put his tail between his legs. The only time his tail moves down part of the way is when my arm touched his bum . . He is a very confident Biewer. . . Maybe Dutch is a little scared of being picked up. You mentioned ears going down. Just keep at it. Show lots of love. . .act excited. . Maybe a Cheerio or two |
I love that my Biewers all have tails. |
It could also simply be a sort of reaction to being put or getting into a different position, like when being bent to a position or jumping into one, one may tend to tuck extremities towards the middle instinctively. Just a thought :p my girl had her tail docked but I noticed her tail tucks under when I pick her up. If her back is curling inward, her tail may tend to tuck in. |
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