My little Checkers has a short tail. The breeder was beside herself with grief. The parents one night shortened both his and his brothers tails. Bless her heart, she was concerned I'd not want him and she'd offered me a refund. But I fell in love with his picture and the look on his face, of being ready to take on the world, NOT his tail.
I don't regret it. As a matter of fact he is the most aggressive tail carrier of the trio. There is one toy he seems determined to tote somewhere else. When he grabs it he picks up all of the hanging perch and when it drops back the noise it creates made me jump the first time.