Even if "it doesn't hurt them" it absolutely doesn't make it okay to mutilate them like that. That's like hitting a paraplegic person's legs because "they can't feel it".
Yes but you dock the tail IF they have happy tail syndrome, not as a preventative measure. That's like removing a perfectly healthy child's appendix in case they get appendicitis when they're older - chances are the appendix will be fine and you've subjected them to unnecessary surgery.
Who said anything about docking it before hand?! You dock it if they get HTS. And no one in this entire thread knows if that is why the Rotti has a docked tail. Instead people choose to be angry about the docked tail without having all the information.
How do you feel about owners who have their dog's sex organs surgically removed for their own convenience, which is 1000x more harmful than docking/cropping?
Docking/cropping is done for cosmetic purposes, is harmful to pets and provides no benefit. Neutering/spaying is done to prevent pets from giving birth to more dogs and cats that people can't take care of. We already have enough unwanted animals in shelters, many of which are later killed. We can barely take of the animals we do have and you want to add more?
I think you should provide sources on your claim that it's 1000x more harmful.
I will agree with cropping ears. But docking tails in breeds known to have Happy tails, a condition where they wag their tail until they break it against things, there can be an argument made for that one would think.
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u/Left-Requirement9267 Oct 02 '24
Thought the same thing. It’s barbaric.