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My Yorkie Waving His Flag - Full-Tail Yorkie He had a full tail when we got him and though it had to get docked. After talking to our Vet, we found out it was our choice. We think it was a good one to leave it! It shows how happy he is: |
I can't view the video but I love the long tails on Yorkies. I never heard of docking a tail on any dog after it's a couple days old. Glad you left it. The vet was going to do this? Never heard of that either, much too painfull for the dog. Good decision to keep it. Welcome. |
He is a sweetie, love the tail! |
Love it. Jackson also has a full tail and I keep it with the same length you have on yours. Adorable! |
I really like the tail on him!! :thumbup: |
Love the tail!! If Baby Sweet Pea had her tail I would be in sooo much trouble. That little Yorkette climbs just like a cat. Nothing would be safe, she would have it all on the floor with her busy little tail. LOL Funny how she never climbs on the things that need dusting, Hmmmm!! In Europe they do not allow tail docking or ear cropping, and the dogs there are just beautiful. |
is it true that the reasoning behind docking tails was so that they wouldnt knock things off the table? when i heard that i was speechless... |
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Historically tail docking was done to prevent tail injuries in working dogs. Yorkshire Terriers were originally bred in Yorkshire, England to control the vermin in the mines and sewers. Their tails were docked to prevent vermin from biting their tails. You can get more information on the history of tail docking if you Google it. I had nothing to do with Baby Sweet Pea having her tail docked. It had already been done by her breeder when Sweetie was just days old. I picked her up at 10 weeks of age. In my original post, I was trying to convey what would happen at my house IF Baby Sweet Pea still had her tail, considering that she climbs like a cat. Her tail goes top speed when she is having her climbing adventures. Just picture what would happen. Unfortunately she has no interest in climbing the bookshelves. A long tail would make an excellent dust mop. I hope that clarifies things for you. |
True, I think it's only the US that dock tails - anybody know otherwise? Our baby was supposed to go overseas but never made it so the tail was left intact. We love it! Given the choice, I'd leave it on. |
He's adorable! If I wasn't going to show, I'd probably leave the tail too. I like them both ways though! |
Love that lil tail! Great Video thanks for sharing. |
I love the tail and the video is so cute. Does he realize that his tail was making that reflection?:animal36 |
thats a beautiful tail, and a very cute yorkie. :thumbup: |
oh no, i didnt mean that by reading your post it just reminded me of what i was told before; i was at the petsmart in my area and there was a person there that said that. sorry for the misunderstanding! :animal-pa i didnt mean to associate that with your post! |
:(:(When i was a little girl my mom got a standard poodle from our neighbor who did not take very good care of him. When we got him he was a mess,dirty and very unkept. Also they did not dock his tail when he was born.(we got him when he was 7 months old) My mom took him to the vet and the vet told her his tail needed to be docked. This was forty years ago so she just did what the vet suggested and had it docked. They cut it fairly long at 6 inches.After we got him home he started chewing on the bandage. No matter what we did he just could not stop chewing it....he was crazed! Long story short....he ended up chewing his tail into a stump. At one point we had a cast put on his neck so he could not turn his head to chew on it. Even thay didn't stop poor Rebel eventually the dog got an infefection and he finally died of infection:( |
How sweet! Olive has a tail too and I love it! |
Sorry to hear about Rebel... Please don't missunderstand about the tail docking. We were naive at first and thought it was something that had to be done, maybe for health reasons. Our Vet did not recommend nor say they would do it - actually the opposite. The Vet is the one who informed us that it was not necessary and would not do it. Wanted to clear this up since my first post made it sound like the Vet gave us a choice - they didn't. |
Cool Yorkie! Love the tail, our Yorkie also has its tail. Here in Norway tail docking has been forbidden since 1988. |
I'm not sure why it's still done in the US, I guess that's another thread. I personally can't understand the concept - I think the tails are beautiful and so expressive. |
Hi Hi there. Your Yorkie is tooooo cute. We also have a Yorkie with a full tail. |
It seems to be mostly a US thing to dock their tails. I get a lot of looks and questions when people see his tail. |
They are still "docking and cropping" in Canada as well. I would love to see us adopt the European rules here. There is no need to dock our little Yorkies. They mostly live like little Kings and Queens. The European show Yorkies are just stunning. Their lovely plumes just add to the Yorkie Tude. |
"Yorkie Tude" - excellent way to describe it! It is much more effective way to show their attitude when you see the tail raised with about 2" to 3" of hair swinging back and forth as they strut! |
Love the full tail! Trixie has her full tail also and I am so grateful to her breeder for leaving her in her natural state!!! :animal-pa |
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There are a couple of theories out there but one is before the turn of the century owners were taxed on the length of their dogs...so they removed the tail...another is it was one way to pull the dog out of holes as they were ratters and there could be even more theories but I quarantee it wasn't because they knocked things off of tables:) PS. I love long tails |
Beautiful tail! And I just love watching Yorkies do the spin! |
I'm personally not a fan of docking any dog's tail. They just look so much cuter with it waving in excitement. I would love to see the AKC revise all their standards to reflect the lack of need for tail docking. I understand the initial reason behind it; rats grab on to anything long and defenseless so the tails were docked to prevent injury to the dogs doing their job. But since we don't use them that way any more, why should we still be doing it? Can you imagine the uproar if the Miss America Pagent started requiring that all their contestants lob off one boob? |
I'm not sure I want to comment on the tail = boob analogy... |
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