Breed Standards and distortion

[IRescue452]

I don't understand how the tail being physically cut off makes any difference. Its not a genetic trait in most breeds. So a quality cocker spaniel with a tail could produce show quality puppies just the same as a docked dog could and you could dock the puppies if you wanted and the fact that the parents had their tails intact wouldn't effect their traits at all. After finally owning a dog with a tail, I never want to have a docked dog again.

[Desert Arabian]

My boxer is 100% natural- her ears were never cropped and her tail was never docked and for that I am very thankful! For the longest time I loved the nubby tail on boxers but now that I own one with a long tail I wish they all had them. There is so much personality that shows through her long tail that would go unseen if it were little and nubby. I especially loves when she holds it up high in the air straight as a stick and spins it in a perfect circle, it reminds me of a helicopter blade and it cracks me up! I am surprised her butt doesn't start to lift off the ground.

[Varga]

Hehe, in that picture it almost does look like her helicopter tail is lifting her butt off the ground!

I totally don't see a point in docking/cropping either. I would like to get a Jack Russell again sometime and I would definitely prefer if her tail was intact, just like Tiki's always was.
Same with Rottweiler. I just do not see the aesthetics of a Rottie with no tail...