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myfirstyorkie · 09-08-2006, 04:18 PM

I did this today but dont even know why I had them removed other than thats what people want. Why do some only remove the back and not the front? Why do people have all of them removed? I only had the back ones removed. My vet said the front ones were to hard to get to. Is that ok just to have the back ones removed? I also have another question. Why does AKC have a standard to have short tails when that is not how a Yorkie is born? Shouldnt AKC want a Yorkie to be what thwy are? Why do they want to change what the breed really looks like. Can you tell I am not in a good mood tonight lol! I absolutly hated going to the vets office today.

09-08-2006, 04:18 PM	#1
myfirstyorkie Donating YT Addict Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Central Ohio Posts: 463	Whats the purpose to remove the dewclaws? I did this today but dont even know why I had them removed other than thats what people want. Why do some only remove the back and not the front? Why do people have all of them removed? I only had the back ones removed. My vet said the front ones were to hard to get to. Is that ok just to have the back ones removed? I also have another question. Why does AKC have a standard to have short tails when that is not how a Yorkie is born? Shouldnt AKC want a Yorkie to be what thwy are? Why do they want to change what the breed really looks like. Can you tell I am not in a good mood tonight lol! I absolutly hated going to the vets office today.