ZooDogLover320
Citizen of Zooville
I tend to be attracted to the most natural, unaltered dogs. Think wolfy types. Big tail, big ears, no other modifications including all other genitals and features that nature intended.
Tail or no tail?
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illegallyfem
Lurker
A big fluffy tail for sure
your umbilical cord doesn't have nerves, so no one feels it being cut.
ZooDogLover320
Citizen of Zooville
Just imagine docking a Golden Retrievers tail or ears and you can imagine the mental gymnastics being done to justify it on certain other breeds. If its "benificial" for one breed, how is it not for all of them? It is purely for appearance reasons. If thats the case why dont we declaw dogs at birth? Maybe remove those pesky canines as well. They dont need em to chew dog food amirite? Lets create the perfect soft genderless fur ball baby to have in our home.
valleyyote
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Aww you make some real good points. I have thought the same things every time I see any of the poor butchered breeds. Indeed how do you rationalize removing things that nature intended that all dogs have had since their inception? They are not simply there for no reason. humans continue to prove they truly have no clue and really can't improve on what nature does.
DaneLover101
Tourist
I like them how the was born, so tail.
Goattobeloved
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Had a good friend that had a docked boxer for a short time.
He always commented on how unconfortable was "eating him back there" with the stub hitting his nose hard at every move ?
He always commented on how unconfortable was "eating him back there" with the stub hitting his nose hard at every move ?
CanisLupus
Citizen of Zooville
It's not idiotic EU. It's idiotic "owners" from third-world countries mutilating their dogs for no rational reason. Do you really want to defend this?The idiotic EU banned veterinarians from doing this operation, but a lot of vets do it, because it's much better than having the owner cut it off at home with kitchen scissors.
Another example of when laws are created based on stupid animalprotectors.
MashaSobaka
Esteemed Citizen of ZV
Ergotamine
Tourist
Yet to have my first experience, but one of the things I anticipate the most is the tail so I have to say tail
RTR
Tourist
Dobermanns and Rottweilers both originally had a natural short tail.
In the Rottweiler in particular the whole reason tail docking was mandated in the breed standard was due to the prevalence of naturally short tailed dogs (congenital stub tail it was called) and the variation in the length of those short tails, so docking was introduced to make all the dogs look the same. By the time tail docking was outlawed in Germany it was evident that the home country of the Rottweiler had failed to maintain the congenital stub tail trait so all their dogs had long tails, faced with this the parent breed club decreed that all Rottweilers must now have a tail that reaches around the area of the hock.
You may need to look hard but the Rottweilers and Dobermanns with naturally short tails are still out there, you can often pick the dogs born with a short tail by the little wisp of hair at the tip.
daydreamer96
Citizen of Zooville
I think both.... depends on what kind of dog
someotherdude2
Zooville Settler
TailWhat do you like more: dogs with long tail or short/no tail?
I like dogs with long fluffly tail, and animal with best tail are foxes but braided horse tails are close to first place for me.
ifitpleasesthedog
Zooville Settler
Oh full tail always, without question. Save for maybe a handful of different breeds, that is the only dealbreaker when it comes to if I would own the dog or not. I would never own a dog that didn’t have a full tail. The only exception is if it got amputated after I got it, in an accident or a necessary medical procedure, of course I wouldn’t get rid of my dog just because it lost its tail. For one I don’t support unnecessary shit like that so why would I want to own something that I would never support. The main reason though is that there’s just way to much communication in a tail to go without it. Plus I just love tails, dogs look weird without them and I don’t want a butthole in my face all the time.
ChestnutDane
Zooville Philanthropist
Totally intact please
FtmKnotLover
Zooville Settler
Tail!What do you like more: dogs with long tail or short/no tail?
I like dogs with long fluffly tail, and animal with best tail are foxes but braided horse tails are close to first place for me.
Austral
Citizen of Zooville
Tails, specially fluffy ones, that's how wolves evolved, and how dogs should look too. I would never cut a dog tail, except it's for a medical reason (though I know some breads tend to get hurt very easily like boxers, and they bleed like hell, so they do it as a prevention).
Even if it's a 'natural' occurrence, like Australian Shepherds with bob tails, I always prefer the ones with a full length fluffy tail.
Even if it's a 'natural' occurrence, like Australian Shepherds with bob tails, I always prefer the ones with a full length fluffy tail.
Tail of course, the fluffier the better ^ ^
I’ve seen tails docked not ears done though. The puppies cried only when pulled from the mother. No crying from the, docking they didn’t even seem to notice. Went right back to nursing on momma afterwards like nothing had happened.
I will never, ever, EVER alter a dog in any way to "improve" his or her appearance. I have danes and I have never once considered cropping their ears. Also had horses including drafts, will never dock their tails. (It was necessary at one point in time so they didn't get caught in the harness or ropes while doing their work... Their sexy sexy work making them all strong and sweaty and muscular..... I'll stop). I didn't work them like that so it was not needed, but if I had to in order to prevent them from ripping it off and causing major trauma and possibly death, yes... Yes I would. But at that point it's not aesthetic.