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03-16-2006, 11:10 AM | #1 |
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| I have a dumb question to ask.. I'm known to be very gullible among my friends so they like to use it to their advantage. Anyway, one of my friends told me that all yorkies are born with really long tails and since it's highly unfashionable, the breeders will tie a string around the tail that will cause it to eventually fall off? Now that sounds extremely strange to me. So before I say anything, I'd like to get some input from the people that know most about yorkies first! If it's true, then I learned something new! If it's false, then I will go scream at my friend! j/k |
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03-16-2006, 11:16 AM | #2 |
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| Lol you're friend is sort of right........ yorkies are all born with long tails. They are docked and dew claws removed at a day or 2 old. The standard of the yorkies are the short tail. I think I saw a video of a member her with a undocked tail. Sounds horrible but they don't feel it as a baby. |
03-16-2006, 11:17 AM | #3 | |
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03-16-2006, 11:18 AM | #4 |
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| oh man i cant believe they do that... poor babies
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03-16-2006, 11:21 AM | #5 |
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| Don't feel so bad. I thought all yorkies had naturally short tails too until I came on here. After I found out that they were docked as babies I was appalled at the inhumane practice, but what can I do? If I had had a choice I would have left my furbaby the way nature intended. I hear other countries are banning the practice. Hopefully America will wake up and follow suit.
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03-16-2006, 11:22 AM | #6 |
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| wow! i had no idea! i thought i was getting fooled again. that's very informative. so it really works with the string being tied around the tail? |
03-16-2006, 11:28 AM | #7 |
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| my poor baby. i hope he didnt endure any pain during the process. |
03-16-2006, 11:31 AM | #8 |
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| Yes, tails are docked in the days follwing birth. However, I have never heard of someone using a string to gradually remove it. I have heard of people using rubberbands on dogs like Pit Bulls...but this is not what I think would actually be considered a "method" of docking...more like an animal cruelty charge in the making. |
03-16-2006, 11:35 AM | #9 | |
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03-16-2006, 11:39 AM | #10 |
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| i knew they cut off the tails when the puppies were babies, but they really tie strings to them?? if they are going to do it at all it seems like just getting it over with would be less painful then slowly doing that
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03-16-2006, 11:43 AM | #11 | |
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03-16-2006, 11:45 AM | #13 | |
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Some will whine and cry the first day it's done but are fine the following day. The reason it is done so early it because they tolerate it better. It's easier on them when they are young ..then to do it when there are older. | |
03-16-2006, 11:48 AM | #14 | |
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03-16-2006, 11:48 AM | #15 |
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| To add to what Sherry said. Within the first few days of the pups life, the nerve endings in the tails, feet, ears, etc are not in complete function mode...so by doing it at this age, the pups do "feel" far less than they would as adults. (Same goes for the blood flow to the outer extremities...there is less of it. Plus, it heals more quickly.) |
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