can you settle any argument??Are rottweiller puppies born with tails ?

Question

Or do they have them docked soon after birth? Or has the non- tail evolved over the years?

Answer 1

Yes they are born with tails.



They are docked at a young age so the pup feels less pain.



I do believe it is now illegal in Australia here to dock the tails now as it is unnecessary and cruel. There was absolutely no evidence to suggest it was of any benifit to the dog what so ever.



Rotties are great pets, but getting them young is better so you can bond well with them and they also need obedience training and socialising. A freind of mine had one which attacked someone walking past, the house (protecting him - he almost did some damage, this poor guy walking by was a morman!)



I used to have one, his tail was docked, but there is no reason at all to dock them...

Answer 2

Rotties tails are removed (docked) after birth.. they are born with tails..

Breeds have their tails docked for various traditional reasons, and it is part of the breed standard.. at one time,, it was more to do with a particular function, but today it has more to do with the look of a breed,, and is controversal as to if it should be done anymore, if it causes undue pain on newborns,, or prevents furture tail injury as adults..



Some breeds however do carry the gene for a naturally short tail, or are born without tails, or tails of various lenghts.. So in a litter you can get anything from no tail, to a full tail, and crooked, bent or straight tails.. this is a mutation, that breeders selected for.. either for a particular look, or use,, by man.. not a result of natural selection..



Often breeds that are docked do carry the bob tail trait.. But there has been a concern with breeding for a short tail specifically may be associated with other Spinal abnormalities.. So a short tail is preffered but if you purposly breed for it you can produce puppies/dogs with other problems.. so the rest are docked because the short tail is prefered..



although I am not 100% sure rotties are not a breed that carries the bob tail gene and I believe the tail was docked for a traditional specific reason.. they actually do have quite lone thin natural tails, and in a working/herding breed like a rottie, it may have come about because of problems when the dog was working and injuries to the tail as adults.. so breeders started to dock the tails at birth to prevent this problem.



Now granted most rotties are not pulling carts, herding livestock and guarding the farm today.. but the "look" and standard of the breed is one with a short tail.



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Answer 3

Born with tails, docked within first 3 days of birth.

Answer 4

Naturally, Rottweilers are a tailed dog. There are at least two different explanations as to why tails were originally bobbed. One version is that tails were originally removed to prevent breakage and infection that would occur when the tail became covered in mud and other debris collected from pastures and livestock. Another is that as working dogs they were bobbed to avoid a "tail tax" (the method used to count livestock being driven to market was to count tails). Today, many owners in U.S. decide to have the tails removed soon after the puppy's birth for purely cosmetic reasons. The tail is usually docked to the first joint, and in general should give the impression of a lengthened topline. In the past docking was a commonly accepted practice, but it has been banned in the European Union.



There you go, they are born with tails which are docked soon after birth.

Answer 5

Naturally, Rottweilers are a tailed dog. There are at least two different explanations as to why tails were originally bobbed. One version is that tails were originally removed to prevent breakage and infection that would occur when the tail became covered in mud and other debris collected from pastures and livestock. Another is that as working dogs they were bobbed to avoid a "tail tax" (the method used to count livestock being driven to market was to count tails). Today, many owners in U.S. decide to have the tails removed soon after the puppy's birth for purely cosmetic reasons. The tail is usually docked to the first joint, and in general should give the impression of a lengthened topline. In the past docking was a commonly accepted practice, but it has been banned in the European Union.



Gotta love wikipedia. Personally, I think its completely wrong to alter tails and/or ears ( as with Dobie's). But I hope this helped!

Answer 6

They are born with tails which are usually docked.



This is now illegal in the UK so soon Rottie's with full length tails will be much more common.



My friend has a 4 year old undocked Rottie and the tail looks great.

Answer 7

Yes they are born with a tail have to docked their tails soon after birth

Answer 8

Yes, they are born with tails and docked within 3 days of being born AT A VETS OFFICE.

Answer 9

Most dogs are born with tails. Rotties are, but some people dock them when they are 4 days old. Australian Shepherds are not born with long tails.

Answer 10

All dogs are born with tails and they should not be docked! They are there for a reason.

Answer 11

they are born with tails and get them docked days after birth. Although thankfully this will soon be stopped.

Answer 12

of course they are all dogs are born with tails. Previously they had the tails docked at a few weeks old but i believe its illegal now

Answer 13

Rotty pups are born with tails. They are normally docked around 3 days after birth.

Answer 14

Yes, they are born with tails, and they are docked before they are even ten days old, no my dear they have not evolved

Answer 15

All dogs have tails. Its just they vary in the length.

Our dog had his tail docked which is actually illegal now.

We didnt do it the man we got him off did.



Allot of dogs breeds have had there tails docked for years and years so the breeds have not bred shorter tails for certain dogs.

Answer 16

They are born with tails but most have it docked soon after birth,like the Weimeramer breed.But I think its illegal to dock a rottie now.To tial dock the dog has to be a working dog.

Answer 17

Well when the puppy comes, the owner chooses to cut the tail or does not cut the tail. Dogs are born with tails, but many are cut short when they are puppies.

Answer 18

Yes.



They are born with long tails. The tails are docked.



Usually, tail dockings and ear trimmings are done very early, so the dog doesn't feel as much pain.



Much like a baby being circumsized...



Edit: For what it's worth, physical alterations can not ever carry over into genetic information.



If me and my wife lost our left arms in freak circus accidents, our children would not be born without left arms...

Answer 19

it extremely isn't any longer unprecedented. My Aussie replaced into born with a certainly stumpy tail, it wasn't docked. Stumpy tail farm animals canines are often born with .. stumpy tails too. that's a genetic element that's present day in some breeds and might look at notably random circumstances. in specific situations the tails are stumpy, in specific situations they are like 0.5 tails. it extremely isn't any longer some thing that i might bat an eye fixed at because of the fact that I take place to very own a dogs from a breed the place many canines are born that way. Your pal might additionally take the doggies to the vet, as she might desire to, and have the vet notice in his information that the tails are certainly short.

Answer 20

yes they are born with tails. They are cropped when the puppy is yet to open its eyes. Dobermans, Poodles and many other breeds of dogs have their tails cropped. Depending on the breed the tail is cut to a certain length.

Answer 21

The only breed of dog I can think of that is born without a tail is the Old English Sheepdog.

Answer 22

yes they r born with tails they get them docked

Answer 23

Yes they are born with tails. people had the "docked" soon after birth, but I think that this isn't carried out any longer, it's against the law because it is of no benefit to the dog at all.

Answer 24

My vet breeds Rotties and she dock's their tails at 3 days old.

Answer 25

They are born with tails, and I think it has become illegal to cut off their tails now. You would have to check that out.

Answer 26

Yes, they are born with tails.

Answer 27

Yes

Answer 28

I had a rottweiler and his tail was very similar to a labrador's tail. I made sure that he kept it because it is just cruel to cut it off.

Answer 29

i think they are born with tails?

Answer 30

It's actually a little bit of both. Some are born natural bobs (with no tail) yet some are born with a tail, and have to be docked.

Answer 31

all dog no matter wot breed are born with tails

Answer 32

All dogs are born with tails

Answer 33

with tail's you carn't get them docked now

Answer 34

it is born with a tail but its a little stub

Answer 35

yes they are. you have to dock them as soon as they are born.

Answer 36

docked

Answer 37

they are docked after 2-3 weeks

Answer 38

YES!

The breed is DOCKED *&* dewclaws removed at apprx.***3 DAYS***!!!



ANY dog-purebred or MUTT/MONGREL-can have a "natural bob" occasionally...rarely.

Docking does NOT change the GENES!!! EVER! in ANY breed OR SPECIES!!!

Evolution takes THOUSANDS of years!



Docking &/or cropping,etc. is ***NOT*** "cruel" or mean" or any other ANTHROPOMORPHIC *LIE* the AR/humaniac/peta-NUTZ spew!

Answer 39

They are and then docked after a few weeks.

Answer 40

yes there just tiny