I dock the tails on my puppies and my mentor taught me the proper way (in my opinion) to do it as painlessly as can be done. They carry on more when I turn them on their backs and will not let them turn back over til I am finished. I do like the tails docked much longer than many people so I just do it my way. I do have a pet female who was too tiny at 4 days IMO to have her tail done. the vet agreed so her tail is undocked. If she is just standing around and not on the alert, her tail will droop from the middle to the tip.
Of course, Biewers are not docked. My Biewtis (Biewer/parti cross) have undocked tails also. I plan to breed partis and their tails will probably not be docked-not sure yet.
The two standard puppies I have for sale now are docked. I have this weird big BIRO who is not docked but he came from Germany..Now that is one fun-loving boy...choc, white and tan.. |