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Originally Posted by MyFairLacy  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. |
If you look at the Advocates for Animals website i posted earlier in this thread it shows evidence of bad tail docking and the sad case of 11 puppies that died due to their tails being cut off with a Stanley Knife..even cases of people trying to dock Adult dogs tails!! these barbaric acts would not happen if Tail Docking were banned.
You say that tails should be docked to prevent injury later in life..most dogs go through life without tail injury..legs can be broken later in life too but we are not amputating them in case of injury..wild dogs, foxes, wolves are canine and go through life perfectly well with an intact tail.