If your dog was born tailless then there will not even be a stub and the tail will be completely missing. Docked tails usually leave a small amount of the tail intact so the dog will have some of its tail left. The natural bobtail gene is very rare and it is unlikely that your dog was born like it.
No, most Bulldogs are born with naturally short tails - a rare gene.
All dogs are born without docked tails, docking is a proceedure carried out by people which removes their tails.
Field Spaniels tails are usually docked, especially if they are used for work. The Breed Standard does not stipulate how much of the tail should be docked, but it is usually docked at around the second joint.
It's not. They are usually cropped by the breeders as puppies.
Here is an example sentence for 'puppies':The Labrador puppies noticed my arrival and started to wag their tails joyously.
I clip them at a couple of weeks old. They begin to get quite sharp and can scratch the mother during feeding.
Some breeders may choose to dock Schapso puppies tails, others don't. As there is no official Breed Standard for the Schapso, it is a matter of personal taste if this ''breed'' is docked or not.
Nobody really knows why they have tiny tails. I know that they are born with tiny tails, because my bulldog had puppies.
NO Bulldog should have a tail ther then the starndard short, crank, or cork screw. tails are never docked in a full blooded Bulldog, no matter what club they are a member of.
MOST dogs are born with tails, but some breeds have them docked at birth.
Most breeders including very reputable breeders will have the puppies tails docked when that are only a couple days old by a veterinarian because it is the breed standard. It has nothing to do with being from a puppy mill
Boxers tails are shown to be docked on bullenboxers.webs.com.
Some Brittany Spaniels are born with long tails and some are born with tails that are naturally short. These dogs generally have their tails docked at birth.
All dogs are born with tails. (Except in special circumstances) The stumps that you see are from cropping, or cutting of the tail when the dog is a puppy. It is believed to give the dog a better look.
Yes, Boxers are born with long tails. Breeders choose to have the dogs tails docked in order to comply with breed standards. They also usually have their ears pricked, except in places like England where they allow the dogs ears to be natural.
All dogs are born without docked tails, docking is a proceedure carried out by people which removes their tails.
Field Spaniels tails are usually docked, especially if they are used for work. The Breed Standard does not stipulate how much of the tail should be docked, but it is usually docked at around the second joint.
Yes, they do but the tails are usually docked for hygienical reasons.