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[Re: Betty Landercasp ]
#328667 - 04/20/2011 02:34 PM |
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The cold tail discussion made me wonder if some of the breeds with a docked tail were prone to cold tail, might as well cut it off early and spare that issue.
Most traditionally docked breeds have a long whippy tail that's prone to injury along with an active personality. The boxer rescue I used to volunteer with always docked tails when they got the dogs fixed if they could. They even did the adult dogs. More intact tailed boxers are going to injure it at some point in their life than not and tails are very hard to heal.
They did dew claws if they were floppy but left them if they were tight and well connected. Some breeders will decide based on each pups dew claw tightness whether to clip it or not.
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Re: Managing dew claws
[Re: Cathy Goessman ]
#328758 - 04/20/2011 09:22 PM |
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From a working dog standpoint a tail is balance. No, scratch that... from ANY dog's standpoint, a tail is balance. Ever notice that imported rotties, dobes, and boxers often have tails? 
Silly AKC.
sorry, OT from the original the original thread. Jenny- get your dew questions answered? Basically, NO, I don't think 13 months is too late, but I wouldn't remove them if they are not causing a problem, and not unless he's already going under for another procedure. I hope you can get the nibbling/chewing under control. It's annoying, I know.
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#328760 - 04/20/2011 09:32 PM |
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Jenny, if you ever get it done make sure the vet is good.
My two boys had them removed. Dexter are well do and smooth with no pain. Harley has something under the skin that I can feel on one side, the other one still have the pad. He does not like his feet being handle too much. If I press on the scare, he will pull back.
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#328764 - 04/20/2011 09:37 PM |
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Most traditionally docked breeds have a long whippy tail that's prone to injury along with an active personality.
Having lived with weimaraners, I can sure see this. Active personality doesn't even describe them. If they were left with a whip tail it would be a big scab all the time.
Think of a really pretty silver lab on crack.
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#328766 - 04/20/2011 09:43 PM |
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LOL... I really like 8-9 year old Weims.
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If I ever find myself living on the edge of the wilderness, with nothing to do all day except train and exercise my dog, I will have another weimaraner. And it won't have a tail.
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[Re: Kelly Byrd ]
#328806 - 04/21/2011 12:16 PM |
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From a working dog standpoint a tail is balance. No, scratch that... from ANY dog's standpoint, a tail is balance. Ever notice that imported rotties, dobes, and boxers often have tails?
Silly AKC.
They often have tails because they have been imported from countries that don't allow docking anymore as they believe it is simply cosmetic. It got rolled in with ear cropping even though the two serve very different purposes.
The rescue doesn't do it for looks or because of the AKC standard. They do it because of the frequent and hard to heal injuries to intact tailed boxers that they have personally witnessed.
My parents boxers are fully capable of doing impressions of kangaroos so I don't think the tail has that much to do with their balance. 
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#328827 - 04/21/2011 03:19 PM |
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My new Millers Forge Large Dog Clippers arrived just in time to start managing Jethro's dew claws. Except Jethro took one look at them and it was as if they were emitting a reverse-effect electro-magnetic field. He was gone! I am leaving them around the house on the floor, so he can get used them and they can absorb house/home smell. I should use them as an anti-lure for Leave It. Wherever they are, Jethro is not.
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[Re: Jenny Arntzen ]
#328831 - 04/21/2011 03:31 PM |
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Oh, many dogs know when you bust out the clippers.
Dew claw trimming seems to be one of the "acceptable" nails to cut for my pup.
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[Re: Lauren Jeffery ]
#328855 - 04/21/2011 08:22 PM |
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Oh, many dogs know when you bust out the clippers.
Dew claw trimming seems to be one of the "acceptable" nails to cut for my pup.
ROFL. I find at work a dew claw is usually the least acceptable nail to clip! ..also the hardest to get to. Had one dog today with double dew's in the rear. The larger of the 2 had curled all the way around the pad, and was less then 1/8th centimeter from puncturing the pad. Sigh. 
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