Maybe one of the pro's here can answer this.....
I had read somewhere that dogs, like boxers, actually are better off with the tail docked due to them being so thin and not much meat on them ~ it can cause damage to the tail by banging it on things, thus causing damage to the tail bones and causing cancer. I did see some photos then of the cancerous tails due to this problem. They also said that this problem often is found in greyhounds and whippets where they have the same boney tails.
I know when I got Buster, he HAD a very boney tail and would "whip" it around, banging into the walls, doors, tables. The tip got broken off in the rescue kennel and when I got him it was infected and had to be removed. So I can understand the logic of docking boney tails. But is the reasoning behind it truthful?