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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  Except for two GSD's, I always had dogs with tails docked at infancy once I grew up and got my own dogs. I wasn't even conscious of it until recently but every single dog I had in my life except our early GSD's(my husband wanted those) had docked tails. I guess it was my subconscious thinking that by getting a dog that had had a minimal procedure done as an infant before it had either vascular or neurological maturity in the tail sure beat what that poor dog went through years back. Things really bad like that stay with you. I guess I always ensured myself I'd never have to see a bad tail injury happen to one of my dogs as I always chose those with short tails. Course if that happened to a dog of mine, he'd be at the vet in a heartbeat but still, I subsciously apparently ensured myself it was an injury I'd likely never have to see again by only getting dogs with very short tails. Still I know that not all dogs in this day and time with broken or injured tails get any vet care and shudder, thinking of that old dog and his awful tail trouble. |
Yes, but of course a stray could have all sorts of "trouble" - including, but not limited to, the tail. That's different from suggesting increased injury to an undocked, primped, happily homed yorkie.
And I find it strange that people would like to rely upon soon to be released reports from other countries addressing the dreaded tail injury increase after docking was banned. PLEASE NOTE: OF COURSE tail injuries should increase because -- MORE DOGS HAVE THEIR INTACT TAILS! It's simple ARITHMATIC and PROBABILITY!
I am nearly certain, however, that the increased injury to intact tailed yorkies is MINIMAL compared to the the injuries sustained by ALL yorkies at our collective hands when tail docking was the norm. At that time, MOST if not ALL yorkies suffered injury.
IMHO, our own fear of change is preventing this change from happening sooner.