Interesting you brought this up bc we just had a thorough discussion about tail docking here:
http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/gen...l-docking.html (great read!)
Personally, I'd like to see the US go in the direction of not docking...for the many reasons I've already stated in the above thread. My Wylie and Marcel both have docked tails; but my Pfeiffer is undocked and her tail is BEAUTIFUL! And never
once (knock on wood) has her tail ever seemed to be an especially vulnerable part of her body,
any more so than any other part of her body.
It'd be great, anecdotally, if you could always keep track of your undocked litter as to whether or not their tales are ever injured.
My bach degree is in nursing too, and I 100% agree on the pain issue. I've always wondered why, if it's so painless, breeders don't post a video of the docking here if for nothing else, to put people's minds at ease.
Circumcision is also purported by many to be painless. Having seen many circumcisions in nursing school, I'd bet my life that it most certainly is NOT. I'll never forget the screaming of those poor little newborns
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