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New dog laws - tail docking?

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  • #32
    lrushe
    Registered Users Posts: 1,713 ✭✭✭lrushe


    That's well and good but my reply was specifically refering to the poster who said tails were for "balance when running and turning". While that is true I was pointing out that a docked dog can do this just as well as a tailed dog just like a three legged dog can still out run a four legged one ie. dogs can compensate for a missing limb or appendage.


  • #33
    Shanao
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    kaiser sauze wrote: »
    Hang on...

    12 weeks???

    No anaesthetic???

    That Vet should be docked himself. :mad: You worked with a prize lemon there.

    I know, it was absolutely horrible, I left after that and never went back to work for him again.


  • #34
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    pokertalk wrote: »
    he is 2 1/2 .im not going to get it done as he is in no discomfort now with it so there is no point. but in the future it might have to go:eek:
    It might be worth working now on calming techniques - you can train the dog to do certain things when they get excited - such as sit and wait for you to pet them or to get into their bed. The aim would be to get the dog to sit still, so he can still wag to his heart's content but without banging it off everything.


  • #35
    kaiser sauze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭kaiser sauze


    My dogs have no problems defecating and having a docked tail.


  • #36
    sligopark
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,620 ✭✭✭sligopark


    john t wrote: »
    It is a form of mutilation and is wrong.

    is this a time to bring up the legality of circumcision?


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  • #37
    kaiser sauze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭kaiser sauze


    sligopark wrote: »
    is this a time to bring up the legality of circumcision?

    Oh, dear...:p


  • #38
    Cherry Blossom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,949 ✭✭✭Cherry Blossom


    sligopark wrote: »
    is this a time to bring up the legality of circumcision?

    This is the animal and pet issues forum ;)


  • #39
    ADAlliance
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7 ✭ADAlliance


    kaiser sauze wrote: »
    If done within the first few days, on the 3rd or 4th day preferably, there is little pain as nerve endings are still in development.

    It would be an exceptionally bad dock to have any risk of infection. The mother will keep any wound clean.

    From where do you get this "scientific" information...?!

    please see http://anti-dockingalliance.co.uk/page_14.htm and http://anti-dockingalliance.co.uk/Page_4.htm

    It is much more likely from scientific research that they receive MORE pain since the nerve pathways have NOT developed. This may sound contradictory but it is necessary to comprehend current thinking on neural development in order to understand how pain pathways mature.

    Normally stitches are inserted when done by a Vet and these can become infected if the dam licks the area (as can also happen with banding).


  • #40
    kaiser sauze
    Registered Users Posts: 1,558 ✭✭✭kaiser sauze


    ADAlliance wrote: »
    From where do you get this "scientific" information...?!

    please see http://anti-dockingalliance.co.uk/page_14.htm and http://anti-dockingalliance.co.uk/Page_4.htm

    It is much more likely from scientific research that they receive MORE pain since the nerve pathways have NOT developed. This may sound contradictory but it is necessary to comprehend current thinking on neural development in order to understand how pain pathways mature.

    Normally stitches are inserted when done by a Vet and these can become infected if the dam licks the area (as can also happen with banding).

    My information is from actual observation, not parroting a link to a study that I have no input into.

    If I had ever noticed any issues, such as atrophied musculature or balance issues in any of the puppies that I have bred, I would stop immediately.


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