Yorkies look great with long tails or the shorter tails. I believe the tail docking was done in the first place because the Yorkie was bred to go into small spaces to kill rodents. Having the tail cut short kept the dog from various injuries that could occur under those circumstances. As already stated the Yorkie ears are supposed to go up naturally they are not cropped.
A 3 or 4 day old puppy has not developed connective tissue or bone in it's tail. If done properly the docking is only a brief bit of pain and they are back to normal shortly. As Yorkiemom 1 stated puppies will incur more pain than that in their future and certainly a pregnant and laboring mom suffers much more than that brief docking procedure. I cannot consider it a "cruel" procedure. Human piercing would be more painful.
By the way. Do you realize that male babies have been circumcised without anaesthetic for years. Now that is something with a high pain level. |