Natural Bobtails in YBMC ????

Myles, how bout this, not sure if its true, but i figure it would b a good place start. Like u said, the "original" curs were bred from who knows or cross bred to neighboring ranch curs. But what ever the make up is, i think the bobtail genes hav been isolated for specific breeding traits. That hidden gene poped up randomly in the past, those that liked the looks/confirmation of the bobtail would get/hang on to the pup, search around to find another bob of opposite sex n breed them. 2 naturals bred together hav a greater chance of throwing more bobtails. Then comes the line breeding n throwin a bob in from another unrelated litter n continuing the cycle till the bobtail trait is dominant in the breeding program. I hope my comment didnt come off as a smart ass, if so, it was 100% NOT what i was tryin to accomplish.

I bred my tailed male over to my short tailed (3-4") bitch and out of 7, only 1 had a short tail. I didnt mark him, but i think he went to mavrik10 on here, but as far as the few pups born on my yard, they all get bobbed at 3-4 days old. For me, personal prefrence. Iv owned 1 true bobtail n i have this current short tail.
I did though breed 2 tailed yellers n got 1 bobtail and a couple short tails in the litter. I dont think i kept a short tail, i could hav, but i picked the 2 that i wanted n let the others go.