[MyFairLacy]

I'm curious about the law you're talking about? I'm just not aware of any new laws about cropping and docking.

When I worked for a vet in highschool, he always used the clamp and twist method. He used a pair of hemostats and clamped off the tail and would then twist the tail off. He would leave the clamp on for about 5 minutes. There was usually no bleeding at all..and the only bleeding I ever saw was minimal. I've also seen it done where the tail was just cut and then stitched..but it bled a lot more and I've heard the mom will sometimes chew at the stitches. I think the hardest part about docking is making sure you are doing it to meet the standard of the dog. I've seen a few yorkies, including Rylie, that just had their whole tail whacked off like you would a Rottweiler pup.