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Originally Posted by kezza  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. |
Two out of my 3 dogs have their tails and both have had injuries to their tails (Maltese and Chihuahua). Codie's tail is broken in the middle and it can't be fixed. Cali's tail was also injured -- not broken but serious swelling due to her falling off my leg (I was sitting on the floor) and she fell on her tail the "wrong" way. Also, when I brought Codie to the vet for him to examine his tail, he said he gets a lot of small dogs in with broken tails. I didn't ask him this outright -- he said it conversationally.
Also, one of my Chihauhua's littermates had to have her tail docked because it was so badly broken.