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YorkieRose · 11-29-2005, 09:02 AM

I have no problem leaving a tail on a Yorkie to be placed as a pet...but at 3 to 5 days that is impossible for me to determine.

Bamafan...you made such a BIG point..tail docking is minor compared to what breeders put their dogs through to produce a litter..as hard as we try there will be pain to produce a litter of puppies. We can say this is natural pain of reproduction, but pain is pain...and when you think about, the world is so full of dogs unwanted dogs, why breed at all?
I love the Yorkie breed and do all I can be make their life as happy, pain free as possible. If I coudl go to the pound and get Yorkie pups as freely as a mixed breed, I would never breed again.

I have found that the clamp method produces a fussy pup for as long as it is out of the bed away from mom..once it is back with mom it stops..when the tails were cut and stitiched, they fussed/cried off and on all day...and the stitches were prone to infection...never had an infection in a clamped tail.

If the AKC and YTCA ever takes a vote to ban docking I will vote yes to a ban, but this will not be in my life time..the YTCA is hard nosed about this things..until the standard is changed, it is a dead issue and the standard is not easily changed.

11-29-2005, 09:02 AM	#38
YorkieRose No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida Posts: 8,577	Tails I have no problem leaving a tail on a Yorkie to be placed as a pet...but at 3 to 5 days that is impossible for me to determine. Bamafan...you made such a BIG point..tail docking is minor compared to what breeders put their dogs through to produce a litter..as hard as we try there will be pain to produce a litter of puppies. We can say this is natural pain of reproduction, but pain is pain...and when you think about, the world is so full of dogs unwanted dogs, why breed at all? I love the Yorkie breed and do all I can be make their life as happy, pain free as possible. If I coudl go to the pound and get Yorkie pups as freely as a mixed breed, I would never breed again. I have found that the clamp method produces a fussy pup for as long as it is out of the bed away from mom..once it is back with mom it stops..when the tails were cut and stitiched, they fussed/cried off and on all day...and the stitches were prone to infection...never had an infection in a clamped tail. If the AKC and YTCA ever takes a vote to ban docking I will vote yes to a ban, but this will not be in my life time..the YTCA is hard nosed about this things..until the standard is changed, it is a dead issue and the standard is not easily changed.