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Originally Posted by yorkiekist

I dont think that its as traumatic as most people think. My puppies only cry for about a minute and then they are put back on mom. I never hear another distress peep out of them. Alot of docking and cropping are done for cleanliness and health issues, especially dew claws. But it seems to be a cruel world: babies are circumsized, lambs tails are docked and goats horns are burned off, ears and other body parts are pierced, animals are spayed, neutered, gelded and bulls have rings in their noses. These, to me, seem much worse than docking tails on Yorkies.

i dont understand the cleanliness and health issues? :S :P