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Originally Posted by DJDB  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.
Sad thing is though, many animals are abondoned because of damage they do to property. Those that don't own, and rent a house/apartment are often not at liberty to choose the option of being ok with the property being damaged. Cats are a dime a dozen at our local shelters. They literally have buy one get one free offers all the time in an effort to home them rather than euthanized them.
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!! |
I am so torn on this. I'm currently looking for another puppy. ZoE's tail is docked and I know even as I type it how horrible it sounds, but I'd really like them to match. While I wouldn't choose to dock tails if I bred puppies myself. I know today, I would choose a docked tailed over a full tail if a breeder had both available in a litter (assuming equal health, traits, etc.)