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Originally Posted by BamaFan121s  LOL...we have something in common then. I did cut my finger off...on a swing set, go figure! 
You have your research and experience and I have mine. Clearly they are very different experiences, thus differing opinions. Pretty frequent thing...no worries!  |
Egads! My husband this last summer almost lost his pinky, it was disgusting to see but I took pictures of it..LOL.. He cut off the tip of the ring figure. The pinky was bad, and broken too. He did it while putting in a fence for his moms friends. I think it is called a pile driver, ha I cannot remember. but he pulled it out to far and then coming back down it got his fingers.
I cut my thumb to the bone, well into the bone actually from a jar of preservative I use to make lotion. It was a small jar too but the lid was stuck (I almost used my teeth
) I barely turned it and it broke and immediately went right through my thumb at the bottom knuckle. I know, gross huh..
As long as there are people, there are going to be differences of opinions. And I always respect someone else's opinion..or I at least try to.I am not as perfect as my dogs think I am
Oh and I should probably make it clear I have not bred any yorkies yet. I have a couple years to wait yet before I can do that. My first yorkie was supposed to be my foundation bitch but she ended up being way to small. She is about 3.6 pounds, last time I checked she was 4 pounds but it wasn't until after she was spayed that she gained, and it was chubby weight..lol.. So cut out the higher calorie stuff and that helped. She is 4 years old.
I know how some people feel about "designer" dogs, but I breed 2nd and 3rd generation cockapoos. I started the American cockapoo club in order to keep tract and work towards making them a recognized breed. The club became to much for me to handle, it was hard getting people to help. So I sold it, it is doing very well, and we are getting closer. Cockapoo is a dumb name and eventually we WILL change it, but we are getting closer to the goal.
I love cockapoos, they are great dogs. I used to dock their tails and dewclaws but I just couldn't find a good reason to keep doing it and more and more people were asking for their pups to have the tails left on. The standard calls for them to be either way but more and more cockapoo breeders are leaving the tails natural.
Now when it comes to the yorkies, i have to be 100% honest here and say that i am not sure what I will do when it comes time. As much as I loathe docking, it is part of the standard and it is what people want to see..
So I am thinking I will give the option to people on my waiting list and dock otherwise. BUT I am going to find a vet who will numb the tail first and who will not stitch, I think this is what hurts them the most!
When I was doing it myself I never stitched. When my vet or any vet did it they stitched, it was awful.
Towards the end right before I quit docking I started doing the tails and 5th digit as soon as they were born and I found they barely seemed to feel it, especially the dews. and it was also easier because they were so soft and tiny.
Sometimes my cockapoo babies have back dews and I always remove those, they are always very floppy and have no bone in them, but they grow nails and these DO catch because they are so floppy. Sometimes they even have doubles back there.. it is weird but I have been told it happens with most breeds, just not all the time. I can have a litter of 6 and have only 2 like that.
