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Ginkgo
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Historically, dog tails of specific species have been cut shortly after birth for a number of outdated reasons. Today, docking tails seems to be, in most cases, an attempt to keep a dog true to "form", sometimes for dog shows, and sometimes for purely superficial reasons.
Cutting the tail off of a puppy runs the risk of causing hemorrhaging, and usually forces the dog to alter its gate to compensate for the lack of counterbalance a tail would provide. This may later contribute to more detrimental health problems.
I personally advise against this practice and would urge breeders to reconsider.
Cutting the tail off of a puppy runs the risk of causing hemorrhaging, and usually forces the dog to alter its gate to compensate for the lack of counterbalance a tail would provide. This may later contribute to more detrimental health problems.
I personally advise against this practice and would urge breeders to reconsider.