I met one with a tail once, it was a stray that AC picked up, and brought to the vet hospital I worked in for breed identification. I told her it was a Schipperke. (she thought it looked like one, but the tail threw her.) It was cute.

You should get one. Nobody has Schips, it would be different.

I guess I have never thought of Skippers as having much hair. Thick, but short.
Yeah, they are pretty darn cute.

Ummm, where are the pics of Asparagus and Omelet??? A good friend of mine has Schips. They are a kick.

Chocolate and fawn are native to the breed, actually. :) They're just not acceptable in the US. The big thing about Schips that I think si fugly is actually their short, upright necks- the tail thing, I don't care for, but could get over. :P

Also, the demonic personality- and I say this as someone who owns a dog known locally as the Demonspitz. :P

Take a look at the German Spitz (mittel)- same size, slightly less evil, plenty of drive for performance stuffs, and only one BYB in existance in the US!

Well, yes and no. :P

There ARE breeds where there are DQ'd colors that occur naturally but are disqualified for a reason of history or tradition. (The example I can think of would be white in GSDs- the founder of the modern breed felt it was a major detriment in a guard/police/war dog and had a pretty good point for that, although there's no real reason that a SHEPHERD dog can't be white ;P) But there's also 'rare' colors that are big no-no's because reputable breeders don't produce them by following accepted responsible breeding practices ('fawnikin' danes, brindle merle cardigan welsh corgis, piebald dapple dachshunds) or because the color itself is associated with a health problem (double merle anythings, white boxers (extreme piebald white is associated with deafness).

And actually, if you wanted a schipperke with a tail? Get to know the schipperke breeders. Attend the national if you can, but attend regional specialties if you can't. Let it be known that you are looking for an undocked performance puppy. Getting one of those oops recessive browns or yellows is probably your BEST chance of getting an undocked puppy, because there is NO chance that that pup will mature to be show quality. It'd be slow as heck, but might work.

Schipperkes are not slow.
Any whole colour is OK in UK, Sth Af, Aus & NZ.
You could pre-pay for a pup with the tail left on, but you'd have to rely on the breeder's choice