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Originally Posted by Woogie Man  Atrocity...really? You do a dis-service to all people who have suffered real atrocities by comparing docking a tail to what they've been through. That word is so inappropriate here as tail docking rises no where near the level of 'atrocity'. The SS, Pol Pot and Idi Amin committed atrocities.....and breeders and vets are somehow guilty of the same by docking a pup's tail?
My vet docks my pups tails and I've never seen any distress from the procedure nor have I had any issues after, such as infections. Admittedly, I've never watched it being done but I've always waited just next door and have never heard a peep out of them and I was close enough that I would have heard.
I don't like seeing the little nubby tails, but a properly docked tail is quite beautiful and very expressive. I did have to tell my vet just where to cut to get a good length. Most things I've read say to cut where the brown meets the black on the bottom side of the tail. My experience has been to cut the tail just beyond that point to arrive at a nice crop after healing.
Not only have Yorkies' tails traditionally been cut, but, in the early days, a great many of them had their ears cropped, too. Nowadays, we just have some with floppy ears.
Despite my signature, my own preference is for a docked tail. Their little tails tell me plenty and I've yet to have one veer off course due to their docked tails. |
Ah, but how would you know?
I guess Thor's tail must be cropped closer than what standard calls for. He doesn't even have a stump, it's just a nub. As I've said, I grow the hair on his tail out as much as possible. Before I did that, I really couldn't see it at all. I literally could not tell if he was wagging his tail, and even now, it's not always clear.