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View Poll Results: Is Your Dogs Tail Docked? | |||
Yes, was bought with tail already docked | 43 | 72.88% | |
Yes, was bought with tail already docked but would of prefered it long | 5 | 8.47% | |
Yes, I made the choice to have their tail docked | 2 | 3.39% | |
No, I prefer Yorkie's with tails | 3 | 5.08% | |
No, I think it's cruel | 5 | 8.47% | |
No | 4 | 6.78% | |
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 59. You may not vote on this poll |
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05-15-2007, 08:54 AM | #16 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Florida
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| Mojo came docked. I love watching the little stub wag when he's excited. He's so dern cute. But he would be just as cute with his natural tail.
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05-15-2007, 09:45 AM | #17 |
Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: usa
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| When i bought Coco, she had her tail docked. When Coco had Remy i decided to have his tail docked as well. I believe i took him in at day 2, i was in the room when it has being done and he was ok. But then the vet told me something that really made me put on a face like this: he asked me if i wanted his ears cropped as well, i didnt know they did this to yorkies??? and that i would not have done to him and i didnt....i just thought that wasnt right |
05-15-2007, 04:50 PM | #18 |
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| I never knew they cropped Yorkie ears either...Hmmmm
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05-15-2007, 05:51 PM | #19 |
I Love My Lil' Punkin's Donating Member | Both of my babies were bought with docked tails. That is the way that I prefer them.
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05-15-2007, 08:22 PM | #20 |
Little Bit & Buttons Donating Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: US
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| Little Bit's tail was docked when I got her but honestly, I think the US should ban it as well. I think they are precious with their little tails but feel like it is cruel to dock tails or crop ears just because we like the way it looks. |
05-15-2007, 08:47 PM | #21 |
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| I love it either way but i dont think it should be banned for breeders to dock tails or do the ears. i think it doesnt hurt the puppy or put its life in danger so why not. it should be an optional thing to the breeder and buyer of the puppies. i mean thats like saying should you get your skin baby boy circimsized its your choice i mean i know you cant compare a dog and a baby but for the example some people think its cruel and some people dont and its option to the parent the baby has no say so and it doesnt nessesarly need to be done but some people do it |
05-15-2007, 09:20 PM | #22 |
Yorkie Talker Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: los angeles
Posts: 24
| why docke a yorkie tail i have a male who just became a father yesterday the 2 puppies are so cute, why do people docke their tail? and when is the best time to do it? |
05-16-2007, 01:07 PM | #23 |
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| Ok, this is just my opinion and as far as I know to be true: 1) cropped ears: I think in fighting breeds like dobermans and pit bulls, they cut the ears to decrease injuries to large floppy ears during dog fights when grown (easily torn) and in some hunting breeds for similar purpose. But for a pet or a show dog, that's purely arbitrary and fashion-driven. I would say much the same about tails. The argument of the modern "hygiene" and "tail injury" doesn't ring absolutely true, due mainly to the fact that many other toy breeds keep their tails as part of their breed standards, and everyone thinks it's "wrong" to dock their tails. So, if chihuahuas keep their tails in the AKC show ring, why on earth must yorkies lose theirs? 2) pain argument: OK, I grant, everyone is able to survive an operation and live a happy life ever after. Docking and ear cropping cause temporary pain, but won't affect quality of life ever afterwards. But it cannot be denied that there is pain: whether a pup yelps or not is not a 100% reliable indicator. It could be that they are too young to give physical reactions. On the other hand, to subject a pup to uneccessary pain, for fashion, is ethically questionable. If it were a dog for hunting or for working in the field or for dog fighting (which is not so ethical, either), docking and ear cropping might save some very likely future pains and infections. But for a lap dog and a show dog??? Yorkies are no longer hunting rats. Circumcision in baby boys and cutting off tails and ears is not the same: circumcision is skin deep. A tail is part of the back bone and ears have cartillage (soft bone). It would be more comparable to cutting off fingers, ears, and noses on a human than cutting off foreskin (not that circumcision doesn't hurt...). But of course, even a human baby can survive losing fingers, noses, and ears and live happily into adult hood. Afterall, the Mayas flattened the foreheads of their baby daughters, artificially crossed their eyes (by danging beads in front of their noses for most of babyhood), the Chinese broke and bound the feet of their daughters, and we still pierce the ears of ours... Amputations don't always destroy lives. I would say: unless fashions would change, we must accept show standards and accept breeder's decisions about cropping and docking: afterall, we can't blame them for wanting to find homes for their puppies. A law in a democratic country must follow public opinion: you can't do it top-down. The populations in the UK and other European countries found it unacceptable to inflict unneccessary pain on their animals. Perhaps they are pioneers, but perhaps they are also only just exceptions. Far more important, though, is quality of life over the entire 14 year span of a yorkshire terrier (or any other pet), although how they are welcomed into the world (with a clip or not) might just be a small indicator. (In Germany, for instance, all animal shelters are no-kill). But that's a discussion too long for internet forums. Best wishes, mbfleur Last edited by mbfleur; 05-16-2007 at 01:10 PM. |
05-17-2007, 02:05 PM | #24 |
Donating YT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: USA
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| I don't agree with having it banned. Some prefer docked, while others prefer undocked. I think it should be a choice, not a law. If you prefer undocked tails, you don't have to dock them. But why have it banned, when others prefer to have them docked? Last edited by AMD; 05-17-2007 at 02:09 PM. |
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