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Originally Posted by nsyorkies  Nancy again (you know the one with the comical comment). Would you mind explaining how it is done properly? So puppies sleep through the whole process! From my own experience and listening to the youtube video-A Yorkshire Gives Birth- it IS "traumatic" and would love to know your secret!! I have attached a link to the video of a Yorkie tail docking, it happens in the middle-ish of the video. I am not making this up! YouTube - Yorkshire Terrier has puppies! Dog gives birth |
Thank you for sharing that. I have never seen the twisting off the tail before. And I don't understand who the heck thought up that barbaric way. Even try to clamp your finger? forget it, that is painful. So clamp it, and twist and the pup is in obvious pain and fear. Then the dewclaw, he said it, THUMB.. that 5th toe indeed is a toe, and one that is actually used by dogs. It is the same as if you were to cut off your own thumb.
I have done months of research on docking and cutting off dewclaws and also got opinions and advice from my vet and other vets. It is extremely rare that a dog will get their dewclaws yanked off, torn, etc. When they run they use that toe, when they mate they use it to hold onto the female making mating easier for a reluctant female. I could go on, but the information is out there if you look.
That video was VERY informative and the breeder is impressive, but the fact remains it is very painful and traumatic, and YES it does stay with them for life even if they don't remember outright, which who really can say if they do or don't. Dogs have LONG memories and short lives so who can really say they don't remember.
In the UK they had banned breeders from doing any of this and made it so only vets could do it. Now it is illegal, and can only be done for medical reasons.
If more people in the US were to stop docking, and more were to show them in the ring, the more normal it will look and the more judges would accept them as well.