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03-08-2005, 01:10 PM | #1 |
Pita Power!! Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Port St Lucie, FL
Posts: 982
| Long or short tail? Pita's tail was docked when we got her, how do they go about that? Does every Yorkie get the tails docked or do some stay long? I like it short but I'm not sure I would've had it docked if it wasn't already done. |
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03-08-2005, 01:21 PM | #2 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Canada
Posts: 2,999
| My friend Isabelle have 3 Yorkies with long tails , she purchased them from Hungary . I love them very much . In my opinion , It depends on the furnishing of the tail . |
03-08-2005, 01:27 PM | #3 |
Owned by Gyps and Gizz Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Wales
Posts: 629
| We live in Wales and deliberately phoned around to find a breeder that did not dock tails!! Just our preference... had two prvious yorkies with docked tails and we then knew nothing re the controversy here re docking and they were just gorgeous!! Our girls Gypsy Rose and Gizzie Chavi have lovely tails that they carry over their body like little palm trees!! Ana xx |
03-08-2005, 02:20 PM | #4 |
Got Mojo? Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Miami
Posts: 1,117
| Mojo had his tail docked days after he was born...i am getting a female in a few monthss and already specified that i do not wish to have her tail docked. It is permited by FCI that even show yorkies have their tails undocked (AKC does not abide by FCI decision tho). Also, my cousin's boyfriend has a yorkie with an undocked tail! |
03-08-2005, 03:28 PM | #5 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: California
Posts: 160
| Do yorkie's naturally have long tails? When I got Milo he did not know anything about Yorkies. He wasn't the breeder. He has a short tail and I know for sure his dewclaws are removed, but I never saw any stitches.
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03-08-2005, 04:25 PM | #6 |
YT Addict Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: New York City
Posts: 369
| Zoey's tail is short and her dewclaws are removed. I thought all yorkies had that done.. |
03-08-2005, 05:43 PM | #7 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: wilmington
Posts: 107
| the vet will cut off the tail around 3 days old and remove the declaws, i have heard of backyard breaders docking themselves with toenail clippers. that is wrong. after the tails are docked the vet carterizes them and they heal up in a few weeks. my family has breed dogs since i was young and i have seen it doneby the vet it really is not that bad. it really is done because of the standard of the breed. sirius has his tail docked if he didn't we would still love him. |
03-08-2005, 07:13 PM | #8 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Singapore
Posts: 36
| my girl has docked tail too. i think it has been docked abt a quarter off. most yorkies here have docked tails unless they are imported from Australia. |
03-08-2005, 07:24 PM | #9 |
Mom loves Gucci Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: New York City
Posts: 6,427
| Gucci tail is docked also. |
03-08-2005, 11:36 PM | #10 |
My2Pearls Chelsey & Chanel YT Donator Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: N
Posts: 4,097
| Here in Holland its forbidden to dock the tails so my little girl has a cute tail that looks like a feather, the tip of her tail just touches her back.... it looks so cute, my previous furbabies had docked tails they were born in 1983/1984 and 1989 since 2000 its illegal to dock them in this country |
03-09-2005, 05:28 AM | #11 |
Yorkies LUV never grows old Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Owensville,In.47665
Posts: 889
| Respected breeders also dock tails and do dewclaws. you use a band on the tail at no later than 3 days old. On the dewclaws you can cut them when they are born put back with mommy and they don't even bleed.
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03-09-2005, 05:50 AM | #12 |
Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Tennessee
Posts: 43
| What is dewclaw or declaw? My Tess' tail is docked, but I've never heard of the other. Thanks!!! Tess' Mommy |
03-09-2005, 05:59 AM | #13 |
Yorkies LUV never grows old Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Owensville,In.47665
Posts: 889
| declaws are a toe nail on the side of the dogs front feet sometimes back ones that most take off. oh yea they are on the inside of the foot. man , my brain is working slow this morning. The reason they do it is because the nail can grow into the skin and be very painful.
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03-09-2005, 07:10 AM | #14 |
Got Mojo? Donating Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Miami
Posts: 1,117
| But you can just cut the nail.. |
03-09-2005, 10:05 AM | #15 |
No Longer a Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: South Florida
Posts: 8,577
| docking Banding is painful..as I found with my pups. I tried it and they cried and fussed for several hours after putting a rubber band on. I was told that was how you do it..I decided to find a better way. Clamp and twist at 3 days is bloodless, can be done as they nurse and barely a reaction, no infection and it makes a great tail set. I know this is a sore subject with many...but I see nothing wrong in a procedure that can be done fairly painless at 3 days...compared to what is going on in the world with human children, I think the forcus is off kilter..JMO and I respect those who do not dock. |
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