[MyFairLacy]

Originally Posted by kezza

But don't you think if it was banned and eventually accepted that it would then stop uneducated breeders butchering their puppies causing suffering and in some cases even death?...this has to be stopped...if the Top Dogs were being shown with their tail intact these 'breeders' wouldn't feel the need to make THEIR puppies 'more pleasing to the eye' so they would be more attractive to potential buyers..
It's similiar to BYB and puppymills imo.. supply and demand...people want the tiny yorkies..the BYB breed tiny yorkies like mad to make the money..people want the docked tail..so they will be doing it themselves rather than taking them to a vet which will cost them..with disastrous consequences in some cases..

I just haven't heard of that many breeders butchering the tails. I've heard a lot more stories of botched ear cropping, but never hear anything about tails. I've never even heard of a dog dieing from a tail dock. Not saying it hasn't happened, but I've never heard of it. Docking the tail is extremely easy with the hardest part being docking it to the correct length for the breed. I just don't see how too many people could mess up a tail dock..it's just too easy to do it correctly. That's why so many breeders do it themselves instead of taking them to a vet...it's easy and quick. Ear cropping, however, must be done by a vet I believe... I'm sorry but I just won't ever get used to seeing yorkies with full tails...I just really like the docked look, and no one is going to change my mind. I just do not like the undocked tails...I'm sorry, but I don't....I really think it messes up the neat appearance of the yorkshire terrier. And most tails are so skinny...they can be broken very easily, and I believe tails getting broken happens much more often than tail docking gone wrong. I'd rather have a newborn puppy's tail docked when it barely feels it than for an adult's tail to be broken. Docking is just not at all cruel in my opinion...in fact, I think it saves the dog from hurting its tail later on in life.