Tattooing is the old form of identification for a registered pup. Microchipping has taken it's place.
My mother used to breed shelties and this was a very common procedure.
It is done to the pups when the are very young, and I think that it would hurt too, but so does docking a tail. I hope that them being so young that it doens't hurt as much or at least they don't remember the pain.
I guess it kinda like having a baby boy being snipped after birth. |