Comments on: Is Tail Docking Cruel or Necessary? By Bobbi Leder

By: alison

alison — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:15:25 +0000

Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Croatia, Cyprus, England, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy (in Rome and Turin only), Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Scotland, Slovakia, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, and Wales.

10 of these countries have NOT banned docking !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Please get your facts right

By: chris

chris — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 18:42:18 +0000

to all the do gooders who want to ban tail docking,have any of them seen the damage that would happen to a working dog that has not been docked it is very painful and causes abigger problem for the dog and the docking of a damaged and mature tail is a serious happening.So to anyone who does not work dogs ie spaniels save your comments for the cosmetic/show people.

By: mycockerspaniel

mycockerspaniel — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 14:11:57 +0000

DA: If tail docking is the result of “conformation” then conformation sucks. The only people interested in a docked tail are those with a financial interest: Changing the AKC’s breed standards will fix that.

By: dodo

dodo — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 12:08:13 +0000

DA is right. It’s all about choice. If I want to beat my dog or use him for dog fighting, it’s my choice. No stupid laws should limit my choice. Who cares about your concern for animal welfare.

By: DA

DA — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:30:19 +0000

You said the magic word – you would have “chosen” to not have your dog’s tail docked. Choice.
And for the record, the proper word is conformation –
People are funny,indeed. They get all fired up over a simple tail docking or ear cropping but seem to have no problem ripping out a uterus or removing testicles which are far more serious and dangerous surgeries compared to ears and tails. Or having a cat declawed – another dangerous surgery.
Here’s a thought – just ban everything. (George Carlin) But, who wants to live in a world where everything is banned?
These issues are no different than voting…you CHOOSE the candidate you like, while somebody else chooses another. That’s why there are elections. If you don’t care for cropping or docking, then don’t do it, but for those that do, they should be permitted to make that choice without any intervention from anybody. How would you feel if people that didn’t like dogs with long tails decided to ban all dogs with tails over, say, 4 inches long? I’d bet you wouldn’t be happy about it.
Let people make their own choice.

By: Restoring Tally

Restoring Tally — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 19:34:07 +0000

People are funny. Many more people are against tail docking of dogs than are against male infant circumcision. Both practices should be outlawed. I will never understand the need for people to modify the bodies of defenseless animals and babies.