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Post by antares on Feb 13, 2014 13:20:53 GMT 1
That's just it though Jules, pain doesn't even appear on the radar when a working dog is hunting, there's so much adrenaline involved. This totally 100% Zita got a nasty puncture wound/tear injury to her tummy a couple of seasons ago - we think from barbed wire but she showed no signs of pain or injury whilst in the field, she was home & sleeping in front of the fire for a couple of hours and showed no pain or injury - it was only when we went to bath her that she started to wimper and we saw the cut/cuts/hole Shock horror she wouldn't eat her dinner so it was a 10pm dash to the vets for anti-biotics She healed quickly - if that had been her tail it would have been bone deep
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Post by julz on Feb 13, 2014 21:52:35 GMT 1
You have to admit though they are beautiful even if they do appear to be wearing Pat Butcher earrings...
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Post by pip on Feb 14, 2014 21:16:17 GMT 1
Well, preparing to go and hide behind the sofa, but I have a terrier and she was docked as a puppy - and I am glad as I really don't like long curly tails on terriers. It isn't ultra short, you can see that she has a good waggy tail. I didn't even think about it when I went to choose her when she was very small, it had already been done. All the litter were docked and then when old enough they were all micro-chipped.
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Post by Furiey on Feb 17, 2014 13:01:09 GMT 1
Fashion.
I wouldn't dock a horse, I wouldn't dock a dog. Veterinary medicine has improved enough that injuries can be treated quickly and appropriately. My sister has a patterdale inherited from a partner who left her and the dog. The whole litter was docked as puppies and ALL were sold as pets. Fashion.
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Post by portiabuzz on Feb 17, 2014 17:56:13 GMT 1
fashion is the most horrid excuse for what animals suffer
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