Ear Clipping and Tail Docking

[K9soul]

Docking could probably be compared to circumcision, but ear cropping can't in my opinion. It is quite a bit more of a prolonged in pain experience.

What I really wanted to say however, is that people here with dogs that have been docked/cropped, I do not think you are cruel people in the least. I think the procedure itself is distasteful, and unnecessary, but because someone gets a pup with a docked tail or cropped ears, or even someone who likes the look of it, I don't judge them to be cruel people by any means. If I were to take a puppy, and choose for it between a loving home where it would be docked/cropped, or a neglectful or cruel home where it would be left natural, without a doubt there would be zero question which family I'd rather see it go to.

I doubt that the majority here, if present when the puppies were born and someone stood there with docking implements would choose to have it done. I know, no matter how brief the pain is, I just couldn't give the go-ahead and see it done.

[Kiia]

I had the choice to crop Teeko's ears when he was just a pup, I never got it done. It was just never an interest in mine to get them done. And besides I love his floppy ears the way they are , his head/body grew bigger so they don't look that floppy now. He had the nickname of Nacho Ears for a while. LOL

I especially cringed after I had read that a person actually tried to crop their dogs ears with hedge shears.. (I think I posted the link in the dog house section months ago)

[Erika]

I feel bad for Nikki, because she had to go through the procedure of ear cropping. I would rather see her with floppy ears. But she is still the cutest dog ever, and I love her just the way she is. People who have cropped and docked dogs are not cruel people. I don't like the actual procedure, not the people who own the dogs. I think that if a dog is born a certain way, it should stay that way.

[christrev]

As everybody else says, & I agree with them, it's ssoo cruel to clip/dock a little puppies ears/tails when they are ssooo young and cute. Perhaps it is good for SOME dogs to have their tails docked........but I really can't understand why....but as you say the owners of docked/clipped dogs luv em as much as any other owners anyway. It's not really worth arguing about it all anyway.

I was on another forum when things got far to heated and people got reaaly stressed out about it all so in the end we agreed to differ like you are doing now.

chris