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Originally Posted by CouversMom  I don't think you need to moderate this discussion  It is plenty civil. People are allowed to express their opinions. This is something I am rather passionate about... I have a dog with a tail and one without. My little girl has a full, beautiful tail and it has never been injured. She also has her dew claws and they have never once caused an issue.
I see this as mutilation and while you chose to do it to your dog... It is not something I would choose for mine. I understand that it is the standard, but it is something that should be changed. More civilized countries have done this, and I believe that we should follow suit. |
I understand your passion, but it's not an argument to say that your dog has a full tail and dew claws and has never been hurt, and therefore docking isn’t needed. That's like saying, I smoked and never got cancer, therefore smoking doesn't cause cancer. Or I drove drunk and never got in an accident, therefore drunk driving is safe. Safety is decided by gathering a large group of numbers in a systematic study, and this is different than a “survey”. This isn't a decision that should be made because we like one look over the other, this is a decision done purely for the safety of the dogs. Dog breeds are a manmade thing, there is very little natural about their physical looks. In nature, dogs with long skinny tails, might not survive so well, and they would naturally be weeded out and their thicker tailed relatives would survive. I hope people on both sides keep an open mind about this and read the studies without dismissing them just because they have formed an opinion based on personal preferences.