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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.
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