Tails

[Mindi & Bella]

Are Aussiedoodles suppose to have thier tails docked?  The breeder docked my aussiedoodle Bella's tail.  I don't see many of them with docked tails.

Thanks Mindi

[Elizabeth Meehan]

I now a breeder that has had pups born with natural docked tails.

[Dru Jones]

I'm new here but hopefully you will understand my position.

 My one and only litter from my pets(read my bio) produced 7 of the most adorable puppies I have ever seen.  I didn't even know there was an "Aussiedoodle".  I had heard of labrodoodles and had just seen my first Goldendoodle when my Aussie became pregnant.  I am not a breeder for gosh sakes and have had dogs all my life(Border Collies) but had never had puppies. I started to look on the internet to see if I could find what a poodle crossed with an Aussie would look like.  Imagine my surprise.  Then I saw how much people were charging for these guys. WOW.  I guess it is a full time job if you are a breeder and have a facility to maintain, but jeesh.  Nobody jump down my throat that raises these wonderful creatures for a living.  Most prices on the internet I found were reasonable.  Some out west were charging more than i paid for my first car. And tires. And gas. For a year.

I'll just say I didn't have any problem finding them homes with what I charged for them. (covered my vet cost)

 Anyway, my vet checked both parents and everybody was extremely healthy.  When the pups came out, I took them to be examined and the vet gave them a clean bill of health.  That's when she asked me if I was going to dock the tails.  I said I don't know, are you supposed to?  She said Aussies have natural bob or docked tails and so do poodles, so now is the time if you're going to.  So I did.  I don't know if it was the right thing to do or not, but Hank has the goofiest personality of any dog I have ever seen.  I can't imagine loving him anymore than I do.  He has a great butt wiggle(he gets it from his mom).  

All I know is, if I were to ever have another litter ever again, I wouldn't dock the tails.

 It was a great experience for me and the kids, but I will probably leave it up to the professionals from now on.

I LOVE looking at all the pictures.