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Originally Posted by Britster  First, I'm not trying to attack anyone and I'd prefer not to have my question answered with another question. You did not answer what I asked but I will try to answer what you asked. I don't generally dress my dog up (except for certain Holidays where he will maybe wear a t-shirt for my pictures, just as I would dress a child up) but MOST people will say on here on YT that they dress their dog up for warmth. Yorkies get cold and some will shiver, therefore they put a sweater/shirt on them. But of course people dress their dogs up for cuteness too! But I think that putting a shirt on a dog and chopping their tail off are like comparing apples and oranges. I'm not really against tail docking per say and I don't think it's something that will scar a dog for life or is something barbaric and painful or anything. I simply just don't see a point. If tails were docked strcitly for hygeine/health issues, ALL breeds of dogs should have their tails docked and they don't so obviously dogs with tails nowadays don't have health problems because of tails. |
I didn't take your original question as an attack nor was I trying to be smart. Just trying to point out some other things that are done without really having a reason for doing it. (And let's face it...that could be a
really long list.) I'm not knocking it...I dress mine up on occasion too, even though I don't see a real reason for it There are lots of things that are done without there really being a "point" behind doing them.
I really think the only reason is because it is what is called for by the standard. I think that for 'safety', ANY dog could suffer a tail injury, couldn't they?