"Cathi" wrote in message
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Sadly, he lost most of his tail following a car accident -
the tail took the brunt of the force, and was broken in several places,
so the vet amputated at the break nearest the body. Didn't seem to
worry Purdey though; it was amazing how expressive a six-inch stump
could be!

Oh, they don't need much tail to be expressive! Vino's only got about 1 cm
(born that way, Japanese Bobtail) and he wiggles his little nub all the
time. When he's excited, his butt fur moves up and down, it is really
cute...and expressive :-)
--
Britta
Check out pictures of Vino at:
http://photos.yahoo.com/badwilson click on the Vino album