To crop or not to crop?

**tessa_s212** · 04-13-2006, 10:01 PM

Cropping-No

Docking-I am fine with.

(...ever seen eurpeon cockers with tails?

)

**IRescue452** · 04-13-2006, 10:39 PM

We have cockers here with tails, they are so cute. I am against docking. It depresses me to see Autumn without a tail and think about how it got chopped off.

**Misty_Pearl** · 04-14-2006, 03:46 AM

I normally like the look of natural ears with one exception, I like the doberman with cropped ears. If the pet is given a pain medicine after the surgery is done as it is supposed to be given, there isn't enough pain for the pet to notice. I wouldn't crop an older dogs ears. If a vet is good at what he does, I don't look at it as being the worst thing an owner could decide to do. It is TOTALLY different from declawing. You don't walk on your ears...

Another reason I love french bulldogs so much is that they are born with the breed standard look. Their ears stand up naturally and they are born with a very small tail - not much there.

**CathyBogart** · 04-14-2006, 01:22 PM

I don't dislike the look of properly cropped ears but I dislike the procedure.

I do think there are still good reasons to dock tails though....my aunt's dog Levi is a Viszla/Pit mix, and his long natural tail wags so hard that he injures it and leaves bloody "Thwap thwap thwap" prints all over the house. I hear about it happening 4-5 times a year.

Since he is an adult, they don't really want to look into having it docked NOW, but if he had it done as a pup it could have saved him lots of pain and vet trips.

**Kfamr** · 04-14-2006, 02:50 PM

But at the same time, dogs use their tails in swimming, sitting, balancing, moving, etc. If we chopped off our limbs it'd save us pain and the trouble of breaking a leg or arm.

I wish I had the artical Amy had when I was in Utah. It was about how dogs "feel" their missing tails or limbs sometimes.. and how cropped dogs vs uncropped dog sit. It was an interesting read.

**IRescue452** · 04-14-2006, 04:03 PM

Yes there are a small percentage of dogs per year with broken tail tips, not much more than half are breeds that are normally cropped though. There's no way to predict which dog is going to have "happy tail syndrome".

**dab_20** · 04-20-2006, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by tessa_s212

Cropping-No

Docking-I am fine with.

(...ever seen eurpeon cockers with tails?

)

I agree! Cocker's look very awkward with tails, they are really long.

**k9krazee** · 04-20-2006, 08:20 PM

Really don't agree with cropping, especially since it has virtually no function anymore.

**lute** · 05-05-2006, 06:52 PM

i don't have anything against it. IF it is done properly and the owner does the proper after care. i think if you are going to have the surgery done, but not do the after care it's pointless and a waist of money and pain for the dog that didn't need to be done. i had Jake's ears cropped. he wasn't in a lot of pain and it didn't faze him a bit. i do plan on cropping my next dane too.