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Originally Posted by Ellie May  I'll probably regret posting on this thread later, but here goes.
So we should "not" dock tails because it is painful and potentially harmful and only for cosmetic reasons?
Yorkies have a higher c-section rate than a lot of other breeds, probably because they are small. Size is appearance. Appearance is vanity. So now we are back to a cosmetic issue, really. So it could be said that by breeding larger Yorkies, there would be less risk (pain and potential harm) to the mother(s). So we should change this standard too then? |
ETA: By larger, I mean larger than the standard now. Even 6 or 7 pound Yorkies are probably at greater risk of whelping complications just because they are so small...