undocked tails - doesn't it seem weird?

Ok i am all for why the docking laws came into effect, don't get me wrong. But don't you guys find it weird to see breeds which used to have their tails docked, now with tails?

for example yesterday i saw a rottie, a very cute adorable rottie, and it had a tail and i at first wasn't sure if that was a rottie but when i got a closer look it was def a rottie and the owner of the dog confirmed it. It just seems weird now to see all these dogs ie rottweilers, boxers, cocker spaniels with tails! But its still very nice to see these beautiful dogs, with or without their tails

 

It does sometimes make you do a double take
I love seeing all the waggy tails now

 

I think they look gorgeous with tails. I love Ollie with his tail, and I've seen rotties and boxers with tails, and they look so much better. It's great for dogs to see what the tail of the other dog is saying to them. I wouldn't get an undocked dog now. When we were looking for a cocker spaniel, we were specially looking for undocked puppies and it was hard work, but we found him. Nowadays, it's slightly easier because it was a few years ago that it became illegal.

 

I don't find it weird.
I think that docking a dog for no good reason was a barbaric mutilation.
I love to see them as they should be, using their tails to communicate their pleasure is one of the nicest doggy traits

 

I dont find it wierd either! I love dogs with big waggy tails!

I actually look twice now if i see a young pet (not working) dog with docked tails!

 

I love seeing them with tails !
It's great at shows when you see all the puppies in the ring with their waggy tails . Too cutee ! Nicole xx

 

I LOVE it....think it's great and it's one of the best things that passed for these dogs.....taking away their tails....it's like taking away our smiles...so I'm soooo pleased they get to keep them now....every time I see one of these pooches with a tail I have a grin from ear to ear

 

yeah it is weird, but nice at the same time! my terrier has a docked tail, but i didn't specifically go out looking for a dog with a docked tail - i didn't realise it was actually illegal at the time, and was quite horrified when i found out at the vets. but i wouldn't change him for the world, hes such a wiggly waggy dog he has plenty of waggy ways to express his emotions, even without a full tail its surprising how many puppies are available with docked tails mind.

I do think rotty look odd with a full tail, but its partly as i'm so used to seeimg them docked. im sure in a few years when its a lot more common then we'll be having double takes at seeing them with docked tails instead!

 

I think it's about time we saw more tailage. So many of them have such lovely ones. Like schnauzers all curly and fluffy. What is weird when you go to places where they still crop ears - they look terrible (IMO).

 

i think they look so stunning with their tails... and i dont find it weird at all

 

Im like that. We have a far few JRT's in my area, and ive seen quite a few youngsters that have been docked (illegally). They seem to really stand out.

Im glad SBT's have never been a docked breed. Its interesting to see how much Oscar uses his tail for balance.

 

exactly. i mean like, my whole life i've seen these dogs and i've also owned rotties and i had a cocker spaniel, in the past and other breeds which HAD their tails docked. I think thats why i find it weird.

and yes i do agree its beautiful to see them with their tails.

 

Find it weirder the poor creatures not having tails. Sadly my little JRT has nothing whatsoever to shake cos he was bred to work so his was chopped off at the bum..literally!! My friend has boxers and they look stunning with their tails!!

 

I've never liked docked tails and I prefer the look of RTW's with tails now. The only problem with the previously docked breeds is that the breeders haven't been concerned with breeding nice tails but I guess that will improve in time.

 

I love seeing dogs like Dobes and Boxers with tails. It annoys me unreasonably to see some badly bred, not even full bred but crossed, dogs like rottis with amateurishly docked tails. Some people clearly think it's a "selling point" to try to make them look like they used to <sheesh>:nonod:
I walked a gorgeous young rotti at the rescue, whose tail had been cut at around 4 inches from her rump, and she just looked wrong! (She still managed to wag her stump enthusiastically mind.. )

 

Yeah i think its just that we have come to expect them to look a certain way that's all.

aw that's cruel. I was always led to believe that terriers have docked tails as they can then be pulled out of holes etc by their stump -I've never seen a dog with their tail completely chopped off, poor thing!

 

at work, I saw a cocker spaniel that had no tail whatsoever, it had been chopped off at the base, and there was just a bit of skin there instead of bone.

 

aww, that's really mean. poor dog - at least leave them with something to wag!

i can't imagine what my dog would look like with a full tail, I've grown to quite like his stump as he waggs it furiously when he's happy lol. I definately wouldn't get another puppy with a docked tail though as unless they are working then there's no reason to cut them off. I was quite young and naive when we got Decks, but as they say you learn from your mistakes....

 

I have never thought it was 'weird' to see a dog as nature intended, with it's tail. It was high time that chopping off of tails was done away with in this country anyway and I am very glad it was.

 

That's what I thought! You can't really see very well but this is the only picture I've got of his back end!! It's horrible but knowing where he came from I'm not surprised, I doubt very much it was done legally as he's only 2 years old so I suspect it was chopped off by the gameskeeper.