Natural bobtail


A natural bobtail is an animal's tail which due to a mutated gene grows unusually short or is missing completely. The genes for the shortened tail may be dominant or recessive.
Due to legislation restricting or preventing docking, natural bobtails are growing in popularity among the 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. This would have been unheard of in decades past. A number of these bobtail Boxers have been exported to various countries around the world.
However there are some breeds, the Rottweiler for example this NBT are not recognised as accepted in the Country of Origin Breed Standard.

Animals with a natural bobtail

Cats

More than one gene is responsible for tail suppression in cats; research is incomplete, but it is known that the Japanese Bobtail and related breeds have a different mutation from that found in the Manx and its derivatives.
Experimental breeds :
A mutation in a gene called the T-box transcription factor T gene accounts for natural bobtails in 18 of 24 dog breeds studied, but not in another 6 dog breeds, for which the genetic mechanism is yet to be determined.
Natural bobtail dog breeds with C189G mutation:
Natural bobtail dog breeds without C189G mutation:
Dog breeds into which the C189G mutation has been introduced by cross-breeding:
Dog breeds where natural bobtails have not yet been tested for C189G mutation:
Breeds in this sub-list often have full tails.