To crop or not to crop?

[Kfamr]

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]

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".