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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  Hmm that doesn't make sense to me either, but who knows? The point I'm making is that natural length of tail, has never been taken into consideration when breeding, so there will be great variation. The outlawing of docking is fairly new, and yes it's not a 100 percent thing where every undocked tail breaks, but it is being studied by some, how can you assume it's safe in such a short time? I don't think the correlation between LP and removal of the knees is appropriate, after all tail docking doesn't impair them in any way, whereas removal of the knees would seriously impair them. I really hope that more of our civil liberties aren't being taken away from us, and I hope the wind isn't blowing that way. I'm sure bans on dewclaw removal would come next, and how many ripped dewclaw threads have we read? Not many, perhaps, because most dogs have their dewclaws removed, but I've read enough threads about ripping, that I would always want them removed. |
Because the large majority of dogs have their tails, and they are fine, even if the tails are "ugly", long, or narrow. Plenty of yorkies have tails NOW. It's not like they have never had tails, and suddenly last year all of a sudden we're breaking new ground.
As for tails breaking because they are stepped on - it's a body part, of course if it's not there, it's not going to get injured. Yorkies get hurt jumping off things, does that mean show breeders want them to be bigger? Or does safety only matter when it's about meeting the standard?
FYI, women in the UK were given the vote almost 100 years before they were in the US - we can be pretty slow to pick up on good ideas sometimes.
I understand some people support tail docking, and while I don't agree with it, I have a much easier time when people don't cast around for evidence to support their preferences. We have a lot of responsibility to dogs, and it seems to me that we should really confront and question practices like this because they cannot speak for themselves. What is more important, doing right by dogs, or finding reasons not to change your mind?
Again, I understand that some people like dock tails. The best argument I've heard is that it doesn't hurt the pup and it's personal preference. I personally don't think personal preference is sufficient reason to remove a body part, and maybe other people don't either, which is why other stuff like breaking tails comes up.