![]() ![]() Surprisingly, the studies find that puppies under 7 days of age do not in fact feel pain like a mature animal. It dives deep into actual studies on if neonatal animals do in fact feel pain, and the long term effects of tail docking. One of the most comprehensive studies on docking that I’ve found thus far: Ī very detailed review of studies done on neonatal rats, lambs, and puppies. But I found it relevant in that it talks about pain, and how dogs by their nature, do not tell us about pain: Īn interesting article on the perceptions of both other dogs and people to dogs with docked vs intact tails: Michigan State University Animal Center Law (this one talks about laws and docking): Īn interesting read written by a veterinarian: This one is not written by vets, but I found it interesting and humorous: īy AVMA (American Veterinary Medical Assoc) I have compiled some reading materials for those that want to dig deeper: There are numerous studies that have actually dug into brain waves and pain nerve receptors that say otherwise. Therefore, I feel that saying all docked dogs are “fine” isn’t a true representation. And by their very nature, dogs are “stoic” and “hide any signs of pain”. Dog’s cannot communicate with us in spoken words. I think one thing is missing from that attitude though. ![]() I think it’s easy for us as humans to point and say “look, there’s plenty of dogs with docked tails that are fine, happy and healthy!” This appears to be true! I own many with docked tails that are in fact, to the best of my knowledge, healthy happy dogs. I challenge everyone to read and research. A tail left intact certainly does not change the inherent characteristics that we know and love about our aussies. The aussie look is their beautiful head, strong athletic body structure. Their “look” is so much more than an amputation. An aussie is so much more than a tail (or lack there of). people are used to aussies with docked tails) I believe that is no longer a good enough reason. (reference (dog)) Miniature and toy aussies are not going to be “working stock” anyway. ![]() The largest study to date on tail injuries in dogs the incidence was 0.23% (less than 1%!!!) totaling up to 500 dogs need to be docked to prevent one tail injury. However, this is widely debatable, and there is very minimal research to support this. (obviously that is not true) Now days, tail docking is done “to prevent injury to the tail and/or spine.” It’s thought that docking in herding breeds such as australian shepherds might prevent the dog from having it’s tail stepped on while working stock. Where did docking originate? Interestingly, docking was originally thought to prevent rabies. But in fact most aussies tails are docked at birth.įacts: Docking is illegal in all European countries, Australia, and Brazil.įacts: Docking is condemned by the American Veterinary Medical Association, American Hospital Association (links below) A lot of people assume aussies are born without a tail (fun fact, about 15% of aussies are born with natural bob tails). We want to be a part of changing the perception of what an aussie looks like. And docking a tail unnecessarily just does not follow that. I will always do what is best for my dogs. RL Valley Ranch Aussies always leaves tails intact on our puppies!! We have had a TON of requests for tails to be left intact, and done a ton of research. ![]()
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