My mentor told me story about when she first started almost 50 years ago. She'd taken a litter to the vet's (now her vet and mine), fresh out of school. Each and every puppy's tail was different. She was upset, talked to the older vet in the office that was retiring. He told her, well you know we didn't go to school to learn how to dock tails for each breed. So, if you want it done according to breed standard, then I'll show you how to do it and you take over the docking yourself.
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