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Outlaw tail docking. Here in the UK, govermant are at the moment deciding on wether to pass a bill on banning tail docking.I dont no how to put up a web link but if you can try and get into this website and scroll down to tail docking you should find some more information on what they are saying. gm.tv . Id like to hear some of your opions on this as I dont no wether i should get Missys new litters tails docked. :confused: :confused: |
I'm all for banning tail docking. They've got lovely tails - swishing behind them like big banners. There's a bill before select committee here too. I hope it's passed. They're no longer working dogs - in that they are not sent down rat holes - so there is no rationale for docking them. Aside from aesthetic - which, to me at least, is not a reason to go surgically altering an animal. I think the arguments put forward by Kennel Clubs everywhere are specious. I know others on this site disagree but that is my honest feeling on the matter. Dougal's not docked and I love his tail. Dixie was docked before I knew about her - if I had been in contact with the breeder before she was born I would have said leave the tail. |
Missy has a tail, Boots does'nt. Just say that outta my new litter there was a puppy that had showing quialty and i wanted to show him/her, would this be allowed by the kennel clubs. |
You'd have to check the breed standard for your kennel club. the New Zealand kennel club has the requirement of docking - so if the tail wasn't docked that would mean points off. If they passed a law banning docking then the breed standard would have to change. Here's the NZ breed standard: http://www.nzkc.org.nz/br164.html It would seem that Dixie's tail has been docked too short - she only has a tiny little nub of a tail. Poor baby. |
I think many breeders prefer them docked, but as the owner of two pet-quality Yorkies with docked tails, I say let 'em grow. |
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Next time we get a Yorkie I will plan ahead and ask the breeder not to dock ours. Tails give them an extra outlet for expression. Unless you have to (for showing), I'd say don't. |
In alot of other countries, they prefer the tails to be intact, not docked. There was a thread about this awhile ago, but I can't seem to find it. For showing in the US, docking is preferred for sure. My yorkie has a docked tail which I think is so cute, but I think yorkies with full tails look cute too! No need in cutting off part of their tails just for looks. |
I prefer the tail docked. |
I'm for banning docking too. I love their tails. My first Yorkie had hers. I still love my little boy with his docked tail but if I could have been the one to decide...he would not have been docked. |
I dont realy mind if the tails are docked or not. But i soppose i have a bit af a dillema wether to dock or not, i need to make my mind up for tomorrow though. Im sorta swayed to keep the tails, now that people are fighting to ban this practice. Oh I dont no..... |
I like the tails! I'm definity for banning the docking of tails |
I have a morkie (yorkie/maltese)......they left her tail on and it is beautiful.............it is long and it curls up on top of her. Love it......it add alot to her........ :) |
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so do i. this is the only way i have ever seen one here - i thought this was the way everyone did - and my puppies tail is docked and i like it that way. |
i prefer them docked. I dont think it should be banned. |
I love the look of the docked tails, but if I had my choice I would not dock them. |
HI, This is my first time on this website. I have a new Yorkie (12 weeks old) and she has her tail. She is also a "pet " and not a show dog. My previous Yorkie had a docked tail.....both are wonderful! I think this website is great and will be able to help my with all my questions! I had my first yorkie for 14 1/2 years and did not have a chance to talk with other yorkie owners. Does anyone else have a yorkie with droopy ears??:animal-pa |
I don't think it should become banned. If you don't like docked tails, you don't have to have them docked, but I think it should be a choice, not a law. Just my opinion. |
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ditto that.... When I joined YT I asked this question. At that time, there was a huge uproar and the conversation got quite heated. Most people wanted to stay with the docked tails. Since that time, there appears to be a lot more acceptance of the undocked tails. I think it is only a matter of time before it is not allowed here. It might be 5 years, it might be 50 years, but I think it will happen. |
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Once you figure out your way around, you'll have to post pictures of your pup on the My Yorkie forum. |
To me It is about choice......I want the choice. I prefer docking. I happen to like how the Yorkie carries the shorter tail..of course, I am interested in showing, and the AKC requires it.........I was talking to a someone at the show yesterday that said that very thing came up in a recent show and the Yorkie was "released" before the competition started, and the other one was put to the very end of the line up.......so was considered "last" by the judge. :) |
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I have a Yorkie with droopy ears, does your new Yorkie have droopy ears? if so you can still fix them. |
Regarding the tails I have mix feeling. I always thought Buffy's tail was too short, but sooo cute. When I got Duncan the breeder told me over the phone that the vet had cut his tail too short, so I thought no big deal its little like Buffy's. Way wrong Duncan's tail is maybe the size of the top part of my little finger, it does not wag and will not grow or will ever wag the nerve was damaged :cry: . I cried at first for him, but after a while he made it ok. I can tell when he is happy or excited about something without having to wag a tail . So for this reason given a choice I would say "Leave The Tail Alone, Thank U" |
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Well I have mixed feelings also, Lexie is docked but left longer and I love it she has a prisy walk and that little tail goes straight up.. Bear is docked not much to it and I wish it was longer......I like them longer....:) IMO its just gives them that extra something...:) |
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I was under the impression that the law had already gone through Parliament here & comes into effect at the beginning of April. They were saying last night, on the broadcast from Crufts, that from 1st April it will become illegal to dock. The Kennel Club is banning from shows any docked dog born in the UK after April 1st this year. So come October all puppies eligible for show must be undocked. But, from what I understood, they are also banning entries for shows of any docked dogs from abroad from April, no matter when they were born. If so it will have a big effect, especially on Crufts, as there are many dogs from abroad entered this year in various breeds, including the American champion Scottish Terrier, another docked breed, that came fourth in the terrier group. |
I prefer a docked tail. I docked my last litter myself (clamp/twist method) and had them a longer length...not a little nub. I think that longer docked tails are beautiful...the hair grows long and looks like a flag with all of the hair hanging down. If a law ever passes here to eliminate tail docking, then I will abide. Until there, I will continue to dock tails and remove the dew claws. |
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