Fluffy tailed sheepies
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I JUST LOVE the tails too! After thinking about it for a long time though, I've come to the conclusion that I would then miss all the comments about why my sheepie doesn't have a tail from little kids.  |
| Here in Australia they banned taildocking a few years ago so we have no choice.I am a little apprehensive,I have never had a sheepie with a tail.Do they get,er,messy??? |
| I hate the tails. Bobtails should be bobtails. No offense to those of you who are from countries that don't allow docking. Your dogs are beautiful no matter what but I hope we never get that legislation forced on us here. |
| I too hate the tails. Bobtails!!! The round butt, the amble, the wiggle......it just wouldn't be a sheepdog. Most dogs have tails, tailless with what makes our breed unique.
I have dogs w/ fluffy tails.....another thing to brush, trim, knocks things off low tables. On the other hand, something to grab  in emergencies. Still they do help the dog show it's mood....... |
| I'm a fan of the wiggle butt, myself. But I've met 2 Sheepies this year with tails, and I have to say that those tails are almost as silly as the wiggle butt.
While I prefer a bob-tail, I think a Sheepie with a tail is still better than no Sheepie at all; and any sheepdog is leagues above another dog! 
Luna with her pal Sunshine. |
| My kids grew up thinking the lower third of the christmas tree didn't have decorations. Why? In addition to our Sheepie, we had a lab with a tail that could clear a ten pound weight off the coffee table. I lost more decorations to Suzi's tail than I could count.
I love, love, love, that square, nubby, wiggle bum. Decorating the lower section of the tree or leaving a glass of wine on the coffee table, priceless. |
| Tail, no tail they are awesome!
I love to see the wiggle! I do love the nubbies!! We have a foster Briard with a tail and bless her heart I forget sometimes and cut the doors off too quick!
No harm done, I catch myself!  |
| I thought I would never own a sheepie with a tail, but my mind is changed, there a lot of fun. Hygiene point of view, way cleaner. Also as this is the first time with tails, WARNING, they can clear a low table in one wag.
Regardless tails or no tails sheepies are a breed I always hope to have sharing my life 
Noticing some interesting things with the taiils on too, like when the litter first starts to stand up their co-ordination is quicker. Runny poopies with a tail not so messy and I love the position of the tails they hold to tell you how they are feeling. Wiggle butts still happen also but the tail goes crazy as well
Shock first time seeing a sheepie with a tail, it is just what you get use too in looks. Now I don't even notice what is or is not hanging off the butts (Having two with and two without). A mature grown sheepie the tails is so pretty too. There big, meaty and fluffy and OH can cause a draft when wagged at you. Looking forward to summer and the sheepie fan happening with the breeze that comes from those waggy tails. |
Donner's Mom wrote: I love to see the wiggle!
I do love the nubbies!! I'm a huge fan of the tail-less wiggle butt. When we got our girls; Tonks was a perfect bob-tail, and Luna had a nub. I saw it as a botched docking job, but I loved her right away, so I figured i could cope with her "defect". 10 months later, and that little nub of hers is the CUTEST thing ever! It wiggles back and forth like mad when she's happy; and I always smile to see it, the same way I smile to see Tonks' butt wiggle. A tail would be hard for us; so much stuff to be knocked of table tops and low shelves. We'd require an interior-overhaul to have a tail here. |
| They are sooo much cleaner with the tail and the wigglebum is just followed up with an exclamation mark makes it more funny to see .......cleaner .....and it's amazing to watch that little puppy tail turn into a giant mobile feather duster |
| Tail or no tail....I dont mind, its still the Top Dog ! Would deff be hard to get used to at first though.
My baby has a botched docking job too. We call it her 'stump'....Its so so cute when she waggles it! It goes sooooo fast and makes her bum (and whole back end) waggle even more!!! It even responds when I just talk to her, it waggles whilst she is listening to me and her head is tilting one side to the other...so adorable.! We also have the issue of only decorating half the christmas tree....Not because of the stump, she enjoys the chase when she steals one off the tree !!!! |
| I am a die hard. I even found myself threatening Mr Newfie when we first got him and he was knocking everything off the tables .
Honestly though I like the bob-tail on the hmm bobtails. not sure if I wouldn't consider a different breed if we went to a ban - which honestly I don't see happening in the US. Look what it took for us to deal with the economy, concensus doesn't happen easily in the US. |
| I've only ever owned a sheepie with a tail.
However after being whipped a few times with a tail I understand the need for docking  |
| Yuki has a messed up stub too. Bad docking job which some believe is causing some of her irritation to her butt. I do like that there is more of a visable wiggle to her butt; however, strangers can't seem to notice it (probably due to hair length). |
| ha ha, I have often thought that they look a bit like whips on shaved sheepies and thought they would hurt with a wack....They never keep their back ends still do they either!!!
Jasmine's is a pretty long stump.. about 3 inches!!! we always worry when she plays that she will hit it and it hurt herself but she never has.... People always comment on her stump wagging... We keep her coat short so its quite visible....plus the fact that it makes her whole bum waggle too... you cant miss it!!! ha ha |
| MO has a stub, a good 3 inches. Not noticeable in longer coat, cute when in short coat. She still loves butt rubs, but stubbie rubbing is not high on her list of favorites. It is light enough to act like a sporting dog's tail.....sometimes pointing, sometime twitching, often wiggling at excessive speed. |
Having labs a tail never bothered me. I am mesmerized with a sheepdog with a tail. I have always wanted one (almost had one at the rescue picnic) but now that I have Molly and she made number 5 (can I still be 4 dog night???) I guess it will be forever if I ever get one . I did take great joy when a little boy once asked me where Guinness's tail was and I looked shocked and said " Oh my his tail is gone he must have lost it I have to go look"  You should have seen the look on his face I did tell him the truth later. |
4dognight wrote: Having labs a tail never bothered me. I am mesmerized with a sheepdog with a tail. I have always wanted one (almost had one at the rescue picnic) but now that I have Molly and she made number 5 (can I still be 4 dog night???) I guess it will be forever if I ever get one . I did take great joy when a little boy once asked me where Guinness's tail was and I looked shocked and said " Oh my his tail is gone he must have lost it I have to go look"
You should have seen the look on his face I did tell him the truth later.I love it!! I'll need to remember to use that one. DO I have to tell them the truth? |
| Ru says thank you very much for the compliment His tail cracks me up. Today I was lying in bed and as he walked around the bed all I could see was his tail wagging in the air as he went past He loves his tail (he's wagging like crazy at me right now) but it's the hardest thing in the world to trim- he just can't keep it still!
I love sheepies either way too, but I'm used to the tail now |
Sweet Jasmine Girl wrote: My baby has a botched docking job too. We call it her 'stump'....Its so so cute when she waggles it! It goes sooooo fast and makes her bum (and whole back end) waggle even more!!! I find this very interesting; I had assumed that Luna's stump was the reason that her whole butt didn't wiggle. She's the first sheepdog I have owned that her whole lower half doesn't vibrate with joy, and I just assume it was because she has a tiny stump to wag! Now I'm grateful that she has her "botched job" docking; without it she might have had no sheepie wiggle butt AND no furiously wagging stump! |
4dognight wrote: Having labs a tail never bothered me. I am mesmerized with a sheepdog with a tail. I have always wanted one (almost had one at the rescue picnic) but now that I have Molly and she made number 5 (can I still be 4 dog night???) I guess it will be forever if I ever get one . I did take great joy when a little boy once asked me where Guinness's tail was and I looked shocked and said " Oh my his tail is gone he must have lost it I have to go look"
You should have seen the look on his face I did tell him the truth later.LOL It must be us that have dogs with tails. Our first GSD would wag his tail so hard and fast in the laundry room it would beat the wall then the dryer like a set of drums I just think sheepies look cute with tails. But I still love my sheepies with wiggle bums. |
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