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Originally Posted by gracielove  To call tail docking and dew claw removal on a three or four day old puppy an amputation is just incorrect terminology. Tail docking of an adult dog would certainly be considered an amputation. A three day old puppy does not have the bone or developed connective tissue that an adult has.
Puppy mills and BYBs are the ones that cut the tails so short. That can be dangerous but those people do not have a clue about what they are doing or even basic instruction on how to do a proper tail docking. |
I am sorry but it is not incorrect statement. Amputate by definition (websters dictionary) "to remove by or as if by cutting; especially: to cut (as a limb) from the body"