Q: Our Rottweiler has a docked tail, as do many dogs in the U.S. While watching a British dog show on television, I noticed that all the show dogs had natural, undocked tails. Why? A: Many countries ...
There are some dogs that we just don't get to see with tails very often, whether because they don't really have them or because they get taken from them when they're young. Whatever the case may be, ...
Tail docking, banned in South Africa due to its painful and harmful nature, continues despite legal restrictions. A recent ...
Q: Our Rottweiler has a docked tail, as do many dogs in the U.S. While watching a British dog show on television, I noticed that all the show dogs had natural, undocked tails. Why? A: Many countries ...
Docking and cropping date back generations to times when, for instance, people falsely believed that removing part of a dog's tail could prevent rabies. The practices became common for several breeds, ...
In response to my article on "What a Dog's Tail Wags Really Mean" I received a note about a Labrador Retriever named Molly. It read in part: After her accident [involving a collision with a motorcycle ...
A close look at what tail docking actually involves, why it persisted long after its rationale collapsed and how a recent conviction brings South African law back into focus.
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