docking of tail
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Bobsk8 said:
What makes in an amputation when the dog is older and a simple " docking" when they are younger? They both sound like amputations to me. 
When done between 3-5 days the nerves endings are not complete. It is just a quick snip with maybe one to two stiches and it is not done under anesthesia.
Docking later means the dog has to be put under and cutting the tail after it is thicker and formed requires more stitches and pain.
There really is no need.
Deal with it! I do! Roxy daily knocks drinks over, whips me in the face/mouth etc.
How my vet explained it: Docking the tail when the dog is only a few days old, is minor surgery it heals fast, and is like comparing a child born with no arm.
Docking the tail later in life, requires anaesthesia, is major surgery and is better compared to that of a 10 year old losing their arm in an accident.
Don't dock the tail, love your dog, everything about her!
Deal with it!
I do! Roxy daily knocks drinks over, whips me in the face/mouth etc.How my vet explained it: Docking the tail when the dog is only a few days old, is minor surgery it heals fast, and is like comparing a child born with no arm.
Docking the tail later in life, requires anaesthesia, is major surgery and is better compared to that of a 10 year old losing their arm in an accident.
Don't dock the tail, love your dog, everything about her!
Actually the docking should be done at 3 days or before preferrably. The older the pup/dog the more nerves and viens in the tail.
For a 3 year old I wouldnt do it just for convienence. And I doubt any vet would. Maybe you can teach your dog not to wag its tail so hard?
Here with our labs we call them tails of death because anything in their path dies
For a 3 year old I wouldnt do it just for convienence. And I doubt any vet would. Maybe you can teach your dog not to wag its tail so hard?
Here with our labs we call them tails of death because anything in their path dies
I have heard that some do it as late as 7 days. I would NEVER do that. I generaly have mine done at 2 days.
2 times I ended up with a dock that was to long for my tastes. With Rottweilers I prefer a very short dock. Even though one of the dogs turned out fantastic conformation wise I would never consider having her tail re-docked.
I would NEVER do that. I generaly have mine done at 2 days. 2 times I ended up with a dock that was to long for my tastes. With Rottweilers I prefer a very short dock. Even though one of the dogs turned out fantastic conformation wise I would never consider having her tail re-docked.
joce said:
I had a stupid friend ask his vet if he would convienence dock their pit and he said yep for jsut sixty bucks I couldn't beleive it and even after the lecture I gave the only reason he didn't get it done was it was to expensive. He ended up putting bricks under the coffe table to make it taller.
I couldn't beleive it and even after the lecture I gave the only reason he didn't get it done was it was to expensive. He ended up putting bricks under the coffe table to make it taller.
thank goodness it was too much money. Seriously bricks for the coffee table should have been the first and foremost only consideration. I get so tired of peeps sometimes.