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Originally Posted by WV~Yorkies  I have watched the video and been reading up on it here. I feel pretty good about doing it. I am going to do it on day 4.
Any tips that you could share with me? |
I have been docking my own puppy's tails for years. I have never used the clamp method. I just use sharp scissors, it is quick and easy. I put on some Clotisol as soon as I cut the tail and there is no bleeding. I use cuticle scissor for the dewclaws. Getting the right length can be tricky. When I first started docking tails I would cut where the brown meets the black on the underside of the tail. While that is okay for pet yorkies, for show yorkies it needs to be longer than that. I am still not positive how how long a show yorkie's tail should be. I see some in the ring that look pretty long. It is much better to have the tail too long than too short.
Also, I think I read where someone else said that when you make the cut you should have the tail in the upward position. It has something to do with the tail muscle and getting the correct tail carriage. Good luck to you.