Docking Tail - YorkieTalk.com Forums

mymackensie · 09-21-2008, 02:58 PM

What is the last age a vet will dock a tail? The owner of my pup likes the tails on Yorkies so he did not have it done. Mackensie is 17 weeks old & I'm sure she is too old. I never asked my vet. Someone told me it would be to painful to have it done now. Is this true? If so I will luv the tail!

tjdmom · 09-21-2008, 03:16 PM

It can only be done at this point with surgery. I think I would just enjoy the tail at this point.

HighlandYorkies · 09-21-2008, 03:23 PM

No idea....it is illegal here due to cruelty issues, plus it is just totally un-necessary.
Your breeder has had the foresight to see that the same is coming for the US...thank heavens
The tail will be beautiful once the hair grows in and flows... and waggs profusley...trust me, you won't regret for one minute having that tail !
Lovvies, Debra x x x x

Ellie May · 09-21-2008, 04:43 PM

It would be considered an amputation now and she would have to be put under anesthesia. You could do it at the same time as her spay or puppy teeth pulling if you will be doing either of those. It is surgery, so it would have to be painful but it can be and has been done.

YorkieMother · 09-21-2008, 04:55 PM

From a dog speak point of view she alway had it.
Dogs with long tails have a hard time understanding dock tailed dogs when they meet and the other way around if they are not soicalized well with tailed and not tailed dogs when young.

If you live with it I sure she rather have it as it is a risk always to put a dog under to do a surgry.... plus the risk of complications that can happen as well.

You dog your choice.

JL

Lee B · 09-21-2008, 05:12 PM

Sometimes, on my way to work, I see a man walking a Yorkie with a long tail. I did a double-take the first time, but thereafter, the only thing I notice is a happy little dog trotting alongside his master with his tail held high, fur blowing in the breeze.

Both of my dogs are docked; however, because I have no aspirations for the show ring, if they had come to me with tail intact, I would have been just as happy with them. A tail is a happy little flag, a true indicator of how they're feeling.

At your pup's current age, it CAN be done, but the question is, SHOULD it be done? What purpose would it achieve? And it would hurt ... a *lot*.

iluvchewy · 09-22-2008, 06:17 PM

my chewy's tail is docked (i assume?). she has a little nubbin. i wish she had a tail, i'm sad she doesnt!

had i had a choice i 100% would have wanted her to keep her tail. poor little baby...

09-21-2008, 02:58 PM	#1
mymackensie Yorkie Yakker Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: whitehall pa lehigh Posts: 42	Docking Tail What is the last age a vet will dock a tail? The owner of my pup likes the tails on Yorkies so he did not have it done. Mackensie is 17 weeks old & I'm sure she is too old. I never asked my vet. Someone told me it would be to painful to have it done now. Is this true? If so I will luv the tail!

09-21-2008, 04:43 PM	#4
Ellie May And Rylee Finnegan Donating Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Metro Detroit, MI Posts: 17,928	It would be considered an amputation now and she would have to be put under anesthesia. You could do it at the same time as her spay or puppy teeth pulling if you will be doing either of those. It is surgery, so it would have to be painful but it can be and has been done. __________________ Crystal, Ellie May (RIP), Rylee Finnegan, and Gracie Boo🐶

09-21-2008, 04:55 PM	#5
YorkieMother YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: North Posts: 1,324	From a dog speak point of view she alway had it. Dogs with long tails have a hard time understanding dock tailed dogs when they meet and the other way around if they are not soicalized well with tailed and not tailed dogs when young. If you live with it I sure she rather have it as it is a risk always to put a dog under to do a surgry.... plus the risk of complications that can happen as well. You dog your choice. JL __________________ "The truth about an animal is far more beautiful than all the myths woven about it." Konrad Loranz

09-21-2008, 03:16 PM	#2
tjdmom Donating YT 500 Club Member Join Date: May 2007 Location: upstate ny Posts: 5,847	It can only be done at this point with surgery. I think I would just enjoy the tail at this point.

09-21-2008, 03:23 PM	#3
HighlandYorkies DEBRA'S DORKY YORKIES4 Donating Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Highland Scotland Posts: 712	No idea....it is illegal here due to cruelty issues, plus it is just totally un-necessary. Your breeder has had the foresight to see that the same is coming for the US...thank heavens The tail will be beautiful once the hair grows in and flows... and waggs profusley...trust me, you won't regret for one minute having that tail ! Lovvies, Debra x x x x

09-21-2008, 05:12 PM	#6
Lee B YT 500 Club Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Land O' Lakes, FL Posts: 735	Sometimes, on my way to work, I see a man walking a Yorkie with a long tail. I did a double-take the first time, but thereafter, the only thing I notice is a happy little dog trotting alongside his master with his tail held high, fur blowing in the breeze. Both of my dogs are docked; however, because I have no aspirations for the show ring, if they had come to me with tail intact, I would have been just as happy with them. A tail is a happy little flag, a true indicator of how they're feeling. At your pup's current age, it CAN be done, but the question is, SHOULD it be done? What purpose would it achieve? And it would hurt ... a lot.

09-22-2008, 06:17 PM	#7
iluvchewy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Boston, MA Posts: 130	my chewy's tail is docked (i assume?). she has a little nubbin. i wish she had a tail, i'm sad she doesnt! had i had a choice i 100% would have wanted her to keep her tail. poor little baby...