I keep getting asked if Hank has a docked or NBT. I assume docked. The tip has no hair on it if you part the hair. Is that a tell-tale sign of a docked tail?
Hannah had a natural bobbed tail. Her tail had a weird little point at the tip, kinda felt like a nipple to be honest. And her fur covered everything. But I don't know if it's the norm.
But...Leo does have a natural bob, this I know for sure.
Maybe others can look at it, and tell me how it is different to docked tails?
Edit: Ok, Leo now hates me. But I grabbed his tail and felt around, and he also has it weirdly ending in a very skinny tip. Like, he has a pretty thick tail, but then all of a sudden the very end is super tiny and skinny, to the point that I have never noticed in all that tail hair.
From the picture, it looks "blunt" and bald on the end, and that's how the docks I've seen in person appear when you move the hair aside. Granted, I haven't seen an abundance of NBTs though, LOL
I wrestled small dog down to get a picture of his tail.
I don't even know how to describe it. His nubbin has a nubbin. There is no scar and the very tip has a little nubbin on it. The little nubbin is about the size of the tip of a ball point pen and has a tuft of hair sprouting from it. you can't see the little nubbin in the picture, but you can see the tuft of hair coming from it.
this is the first time I've ever really looked at the tip of his tail. It's weird
My two Yorkie girls are docked. One has a super short tail and the other is longer. They feel completely different. The short tail has a fatty scar at the end. It's pretty obviously docked. The longer tailed girl's tail isn't fatty and goes to a skinny point. If you can get through all that hair, you can see both of their scars.
I had a foster puppy with a natural bobbed tail. The litter had varying lengths from no tail at all to full tail. Pip's was like 3/4 length. Sorry if these are huge pictures.