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Anonymous
Why would you get your dogs tail docked? theres absolutely no reason to do it. How would you like it if someone cut of your penis off no reason other than "its what we do".
>> Anonymous
In some breeds its part of the standard, and for most other dogs, it cuts down on noise + knocking all your shit over.
>> Anonymous
>"The main prophylactic advantages are the minimising of tail damage and/or preventing infection in later life. Docking is carried out to protect the future welfare of the whelp."

Doctor: "your son could one day break/hurt his leg, so well just cut it off now and they you won't have to worry about it"
>> Anonymous
if dogs having a tail is such a problem they should have evolved to not have one. Their choice (Yes evolution is a choice) their problem, leave it on.
>> Anonymous
>>239701
That's completely different. Fail analogy.
>> Anonymous
>>239703
LOL no, that's not how evolution works.

Just because something's evolved some way doesn't mean I want it in my house.
>> Anonymous
Good trollin'. This will be a hundred reply thread.
>> Anonymous
I've seen it done for 'not pooping on it' purposes
>> Anonymous
>>239710
Thanks, i do try.
>> Anonymous
>>239705
yes it is how evolution works. When you get enough exp you evolve and get to choose abilities/stats/look for your next level.
>> Anonymous
I fucking HATE cocker spaniels. They're nearly as stupid as dachshunds and chihuahuas.
>> Anonymous
>>239723

indeed, plus they're very snappy in my experience, which sucks. A tiny shit of a dog in a medium dog's body.
>> Anonymous
>>239697

Same reason they do mulesing for merino sheep: because the way we selectively bred certain breeds of dogs also causes defective or an infection-prone tail, so it's cut off, much like how the excess skin around a sheep's butt is cut off.

Docking isn't necessary for most breeds, but some individual dogs get docking later in life from irreparable damage to the tail or an infection.
>> Anonymous
Sheep are docked to avoid flystrike, where blowflys lay eggs in the folds of skin on the rear of the sheep.
>> Anonymous
Ive seen it done a lot to avoid infection and complications later due to a broken tail. Its common for smaller breeds to smack their tail into something as they're running about and break it. Its just taking care of something when they're young that could cause them problems later.

Now docking of the ears is just fucking stupid, unless its a working dog who risks catching them on shit.
>> Anonymous
I knew a great dane and its tail HURT when it hit you. He was always very friendly but it was very sensitive and it would hurt whenever it hit something.
So eventually they had it docked and he's fine.
>> Anonymous
i eat ur dog
>> Anonymous
Yeah, for animals with very damage prone tails (see: corgis) Docking is done to prevent later injury and infection.

Since the puppy age is when docking is usually done the body heals quickly and there's relatively little pain. Whereas later, if the dog is getting abscesses and sores on its tail and then has to have it removed due to complications, there's A LOT more pain involved.

So really when you have it docked you're saying "due to an increased risk of GREAT pain for my dog in the future I'll give my dog a smaller pain now to prevent it"

Kinda like human infants and circumcision to prevent STDs and UTIs. (please don't jump on me for referencing this)
>> Anonymous
>>239809

How ironic, my boyfriend had to get a circumcision BECAUSE of an infection -_-.

Aside from that, corgis were dogs that were once bred to be without tails, so any tail a corgi has would not exactly be the sturdiest tail on earth.
>> Anonymous
My dog used to wag her tail a lot. She'd wag it to the point that it would hit walls until it bled. Then she'd keep walking around the house wagging her tail and splattering blood on our walls and carpet. We never had her tail docked, but I almost think she would've been better of if we had.
>> Anonymous
Don't cut off its tail. Then you can't give it the ol' reach around and stick its tail in its asshole and lol at it while it tries to remove it.
>> Anonymous
>>239815
More entertaining to keep the tail on and watch the show.
>> Anonymous
>>239825

9000+ entertainment points docked because afterwards we had to clean all the specks of blood off white walls, white furniture and tan carpet. Lots of work. Not fun at all.
>> Anonymous
>>239815

Glad to know my dog's not the only one that's done that.
It was only the once though. And it may have been because she bit it, we don't really know. We just started noticing blood all over the walls and had no idea where it was coming from until we saw it in action, lol. Looked like a goddamn murder scene.

But man, my dog has a tail on her. Gave me a small black eye once, lol. We never had it docked of course, since that only happened once, and docking tails without any real medical reason just seems cruel and unnecessary.
>> Anonymous
Its part of the standard. Some people do it because they just like it. If you have a problem with it, dont dock your dogs, please shut up about everyone elses.

oh and, GTFO

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>> Anonymous
I don't see the big deal about docking - if done when young and correctly, there's little pain involved, and honestly it's not like the dog gives a shit.

One of my dogs has a tail like a whip that hurts like a BITCH when she hits you with it. Once my other dog jumped on her and accidentally put a 5-inch gash all the way down to the bone on her tail (he needed his nails clipped, obviously...). She wagged her tail while I was getting ready to take her to the vet and got blood EVERYWHERE, all over the walls, the carpet, the couches, the tables, my car, etc etc. She had to get something like 7 stitches and wear a cone for a few weeks.

For dogs like that, that are prone to injury, then yeah I think docking when young is a good idea. My dog's hurt her tail I don't even know how many times since then.
>> Anonymous
>>239824
i lol'd
>> Anonymous
There is pain, the puppies do squeal and then whine for a little bit after. But it's at a time in their life that it doesn't really effect them, they don't know what's going on. It traumatizes the mother dog more than the pups.

Many breeds I prefer docked, like dobermans. They just look like mutts without it. Yes, it's for cosmetic purposes, but people are breeding fucking squash-faced and crippled breeds of dogs and cats, I don't see how tail docking/ear cropping even compares to supporting traits in a breed that cause respiratory and hip problems.
>> Anonymous
docking the tail keeps retarded dogs from chasing their tails around in circles for hours on end
>> Anonymous
>>239815

Geh, reminds me of this one dog we had in the lab. Fairly large dog, but fairly large dog pen, and he wagged his tail to the point where we had to dock it because there was just blood everywhere...
>> Anonymous
We've always kept German Shepherds, and a lack of a long, curved tail is reguarded as a serious cosmetic deficieny in the breed so docking's never been considered and even though we've had dogs get injured through various circumstances, the tail has never been a problem. Then I came across a friend of the family's Rodesian Ridgeback; it wasn't docked, but it was always injuring it tail, and would literally batter you with the damn thing. Big dog, even its tail was stong. It had run in the house one day, after injuring the tail somehow, somewhere, wagging its tail madly and putting blood EVERYWHERE.

Ultimately, I can understand docking if it's a beast who keeps injuring itself. Can't understand an animal that's docked for cosmetic purposes. Can't understand a breed that's breed for cosmetic purposes that ultimately cause the animal trouble and pain. That's why I have a problem with the latest fashion of German Shephards. A lot of effort has been put into taking hip displasure out of the breed, but the latest fashion is for a sloped, cringing back. They've turned around and put back and hip problems back in again. Fashion is a lousy thing to apply to pets.
>> Anonymous
We got our dog (Jack Russel Terrier) from the pound and someone had docked his tail, but had messed it up so you could still see part of the bone.

I always felt sorry that he had it done, even when we first got him when I was 6.