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Originally Posted by luvlee  Most of this thread addressed pain and trauma issues surrounding tail docking and it also made the comparison with human circumcision. IMHO anytime you cut a living thing unecessarily you induce trauma, cause harm and injure and assault that living thing. I don't care if it's deemed "minimal" or not. And I'm not well versed enough in yorkie speak to determine the level of pain any pup feels, perceives, senses or REMEMBERS during and from a docking procedure. For all we know, it could alter the personality of the pup entirely! So why do it?
Previously in this thread I referenced that recent medical studies have concluded that the process of circumcision in newborns introduces great pain and trauma to the infant - even tho it's a very "minimal" procedure. That pain and trauma is not only very real - but it can have long standing effects on an infant. Comparatively, why wouldn't the same logic apply here?
If I have a hang nail or small abrasion, I can flinch. Here, you have a new life, unsuspecting and unknowing of anything except air to breath & mother's milk, having a scissor taken to its tail. That's a real trauma. And why should we traumatize puppies without justifiable reason?
I don't know. Like I previously stated, I hope that in the future more enlightened thinking and logic will prevail. |
Certainly we all hope for enlightened thinking and more clear logic to prevail.
What I read in this post with articles that Nancy posted, is that the neuro structure on dogs is NOT full developed at all at 0-5 days old, and that the procedure is quick, and relatively painless. It is an ouch on the pain scale. Now scientifically speaking, there is or there is NOT, neuronal structure present at L3/L4 or L4. If not or very little neuronal infiltration at that age, then there are literally no nerves to sen d messages anywhere.
Now compare that with what % of dogs as early/mid/adult dogs that have to go under the knife and anaesthia with injured tails. With a fully intact nervous system. And then there is the healing time, oh and yes, how many won't heal easily or quickly from the reasons you have read here. Poor blood supply, dogs chewing on tail, dogs wagging tails which is a natural behaviour, but whamoo, bangoo, they re-inure the tail. How much pain do ya think is involved with that?
Natural is NOT always BEST. If you had the gift of foresight, and could with a simple relatively painfree procedure dock your dog's tail, and thus avoid in the 3yr future a very painful and risky operation, and weeks of potential healing time from an emergency dock, would you?