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Originally Posted by Nancy1999  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. |
Yes, back when they were ratters and went into holes to chase rodents... It was safer for them to have nubs. Yorkies are now pets and live in homes. They are not in the wild and natural selection isn't really relevant. Things have changed and so should the standard. It's not that I prefer the look of the full vs docked, I just think it's unnecessary to chop off a body part that could be left intact.