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Originally Posted by kezza  The cases i have seen where 'do it yourself' breeders have mucked it up and caused infections and prolonged suffering, even death in some cases, really angers me!  if docking were banned these inexperienced breeders wouldn't feel the need to do this just to make their pups more appealing to buyers.
take a look at the website link i posted earlier in this thread...all those poor dead puppies...their deaths caused by tail docking.  |
I feel very sorry for the puppies that suffered because the breeders didn't know how to properly dock. Likewise, I feel sorry for the dogs that suffer because someone bred them and didn't educate and prepare first. Should breeding not be allowed any more either? The blame in both cases should be placed on the breeder that didn't know what they were doing, not on the docking/breeding process.
You often hear 'horror stories' regarding this procedure as a basis for it being cruel, however, these examples are the product of someone who should have never touch the dogs to begin with, not the nature of the procedure itself. When someone with proper knowledge of docking performs it, the dogs feel very little discomfort--our past litters haven't so much as woken up when their tails have been docked and there was no blood at all.