Dogs with tails (that you may not have seen)

**ChrisH** · 11-06-2002, 05:24 PM

I just thought some of you may be interested in looking at these albums on Webshots.
http://community.webshots.com/album/19968652qLrmuQHRvs
There are not a whole lot of pictures to make up the one and a bit albums but there are dogs that we are used to seeing without tails among them Boxer Corgi and Rottie.

**ownerof3dogs** · 11-06-2002, 05:36 PM

I think the dogs look very cute with their tails. I was more amazed about the long haired Weimaraner. Is there such a thing?
I've never heard/seen of one.

**Tina** · 11-06-2002, 05:49 PM

Their all such beautiful dogs with their wonderful tails!!

**aly** · 11-06-2002, 06:05 PM

Awww, very cute. The undocked cocker spaniel tail near the bottom was beautiful. I love dogs in their natural form!! (Well natural but minus a little after they're neutered/spayed

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I have a poodle mix with an undocked tail and my friend has a rottie mix with an undocked tail. I love Poodles with tails !!!

**anna_66** · 11-07-2002, 08:16 AM

ChrisH, weren't we just talking about this not too long ago?

I'd never seen a Rottie with a undocked tail, I don't think it looks bad at all, just would probably take a little getting used to. I can't imagine Angus with a tail, he probably wouldn't know what to do with it

**DoggiesAreTheBest** · 11-07-2002, 08:47 AM

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing the link with us. I have never liked the idea of docking the tail and I think those pooches are just as pretty with their tails intacts

**ellensy** · 11-07-2002, 10:47 AM

mmm, this may sound stupid..... but why do people cut some dog's tail?

**Cincy'sMom** · 11-07-2002, 10:48 AM

Originally posted by ownerof3dogs
I think the dogs look very cute with their tails. I was more amazed about the long haired Weimaraner. Is there such a thing?
I've never heard/seen of one.

I actually saw one at the vet's office. There was a woman there with 2 weimies, one the short-gray hair that everyone thinks of as a weimie, but the other was a long haired almost "blue" color. I was surprised when she told me it was a weimie, but yes, they do exsist!

**ChrisH** · 11-07-2002, 11:19 AM

anna_66
ChrisH, weren't we just talking about this not too long ago?

Yes, we were Anna. The same people I wrote about then, Anti Docking Allience (sp?), sent me the link. I think the Rottie in those pics looks ok too, but like you I can`t imagine Angus with a tail either!

I do think it is a lot to do with how we are used to seeing them. I got my Bob as a tiny pup and his breeder was quite happy to leave his tail intact so I am used to him like that and as most Springers are docked I am used to seeing them that way, but somehow, my Bob wouldn`t be Bob without his having that waggy tail. LOL.

ellensy
mmm, this may sound stupid..... but why do people cut some dog's tail?

It is not a stupid thing to ask, quite the reverse in fact, lots of people ask that. This is a link that tries to answer. Be aware though, as the name suggests we are a mite predudiced! (sp?) The Anti-docking Alliance Web site
And, if you are interested, this is the link to the discussion we had before.
http://petoftheday.com/talk/showthre...t=Tail+docking

**grassbur** · 11-07-2002, 11:36 AM

I have a friend who shows English Cockers with undocked tails. They're really beautiful dogs. When I had APBTs, I always opted to leave their ears and tails natural, partly because I like the look and partly because I think people tend to react more positively to an unclipped dog.

Seems like some dogs look a little awkward with their full tails, and I wonder if it's not because they've not been bred with any attention to proper tail shape and size. Their picture of the "undocked Pembroke Welsh Corgi" is actually of a Cardigan. Their tails are never docked, but a tail on a Pembroke would indicate a serious breeding problem. They come with little or no tail.