My opinion on the subject is that a surgery that is to help the animal in some way is fine. I don't believe that mutilating an animal to "save" your furniture is humane or reasonable in any way and is the epitomy of selfishness. Just as parents know they must sacrifice some things because they have children (sleeping in on weekends, barf on the carpet, etc), a pet owner must realize that having a cat or dog or whatever means that maybe you don't have the nice furniture if you're not willing to take the time and effort to train your "friend". In my opinion, I would rather see someone re-home their cat or dog before mutilating it.
Our Ozzy had his tail docked by the breeder, but we would never have done that on our own. To me, anything done to make a dog or cat "standard" is like having cosmetic surgery done on your child because you think it should look more like the other kids. Kind of ridiculous when you give it some thought!!
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