Natural bobtail
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A natural bobtail is a tail which due to a mutated gene grows to a shortened length or is completely cut off at the base of the spine. The term also refers to animals carrying the gene for a naturally short tail or animals that naturally have no tail. The genes for the shortened tail may be dominant or recessive depending on the species.
Due to anti-tail docking legislation, natural bobtails are growing in importance in the hobby of dog fancy for some traditionally docked breeds. For example, one Boxer breeder and geneticist in England has successfully petitioned the Kennel Club for permission to cross Corgis into his lines and then backcross to Boxers, introducing the gene into his lines.[1] This would have been unheard of in decades past. A number of these bobtail Boxers have been successfully exported to various countries around the world.
In Australia, the price for a registered purebred Miniature Fox Terrier bitch carrying the gene has more than tripled[citation needed].
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[edit] Animals with a natural bobtail
[edit] Domesticated breeds with a natural bobtail
- American Bobtail
- Australian Stumpy Tail Cattle Dog
- French Bulldog
- Pembroke Welsh Corgi
- Braque du Bourbonnais
- Japanese Bobtail
- Manx Cat
[edit] Breeds in which bobtails are known to occur
- Boxer
- McNab Sheepdog
- Miniature Fox Terrier
- Old English Sheepdog (which are actually also known as "Bobtails")
- Rat Terrier and the related Teddy Roosevelt Terrier
- Tenterfield Terrier
- Australian Shepherd
[edit] Wild species with natural bobtails
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ The Fantastic Account of Dr Bruce Cattanach’s Bobtail Boxers Virginia Zurflieh, boxerunderground.com, Oct 1998.
[edit] External links
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