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Originally Posted by spruitt7  EWWW!!! You chop their tales off??? Lol... I never knew that.. No wonder Riley has a short stubby tail... Do all Yorkies have to have that done?
Whats dewclawing too??? |
Haha, yes, but I don't cut them short...I like them a little longer. The reason I do it is for the standard, but I'm really not here to argue about that.
Dewclaws are sort of the "thumb claw" of a dog...because they don't ever touch the ground when the dog walks or runs, they can curl back and grow into the skin, or get caught on something and rip since the tissue on them isn't as strong as those of their regular claws/nails. There's a lot of debate about that one too though. They're taken out the same time as the tail docking.