I am proudly owned by 2 female Biewers and 1 male-all with undocked tails. I am also proudly owned by a male AKC parti boy that has become the love of mommie's life since I had to have my heart-of-my-heart, Jesse, euthanized. My parti has a docked tail, shorter than I like but still longer than my female AKC blue/tan female piebald gene carrier whose tail is way too short!..I will breed these two when I am ready and I expect at least 50-50 partis. This prospect is so exciting-I have used very good lines for my standard colors and I am hoping to be as successful with getting good, healthy, well-socialized babies in these new colors. I am now owned by another off-color Yorkie and we shall see what we might do with them. What will I do if they are not to be bred? Love their wee selves as pets.
As for tail docking-I had them done at the vet only ONE time...Short tails, crying puppies and 1 totally unhappy human mom. I went to my mentor and said "Show me how to do this! I am a nurse and I know darned well I can do it better".. She did and I have docked my puppies' tails ever since. The babies screech at being turned on their back(that is how I hold them) away from mom. Dew claws are not the easiest thing to do with kicking babies on their backs, but that is also done with no cutting so no screaming in pain(except from me!)I turn the music up loud so the others do not hear me and I sing--you don't want to hear me sing! Maybe that is why puppies are so good-so I will stop singing. LOL I occasinally have a bleeder and if more than a couple of drops, on goes the styptic powder and the gauze and a wee dab of tea tree oil to keep mom from pulling the tape and licking the tail..
If anyone would like more discussion, feel free to PM me. I am not an expert on anything, but thanx to my mentor, I consider myself way ahead of where I might have been had I not taken a mentor.. |