Tail docking

[Bighat00]

Use a hot wedge with in the first week. Or band them.

[rdjustham]

i used wire dykes at about three days old.  Couple drops of blood but momma will keep them clean.  Yelped more when i took them from momma than when the tails were docked.

[quickfire]

I personally use a straight edge hemostat clamp on the tail. I clamp down where I want to cut and twist three times and then I slice with straight razor. I've done hundreds of tails this way never had one bleed out and I've never used septic just dip in white flour and gie back to momma.

Dew Claws Get the smallest pair of curved hemostats you can get clamp down under the dew claw knuckle will pop out flick it with your thumb and it will fall off or you can slice with razor. I personally just flick it off.

[halfbreed]

  proper way is to cut diagonaly inward on each side of skin and give the tail a twist and then pull and you will pull the nerve out . then you can suture or glue the tip  . done a many assist  with my old vet , funny to bring this back up today i'm fixing to do eight pups born saturday . some of my treeing curs 1/2 plott 1/4 walker 1/4 catahoula  . just enough cur dog to give um some sense  lol .

[Shotgun wg]

I have a question on this matter. What is the purpose of docking these dogs tails. I have never understood this practice. I do have one dog with a stub tail but it was that way when I got him.

[halfbreed]

  beats me shotgun , i guess in the treeing cur dept it is a result of the mnt cur influence , some of the crosses with mnt cur and hound will come natural bob tail . and in order to get rid of the treeing cur pups you don't need the cur hunters want them bob tailed and will pass on a good bred dog with a long tail lol . so to make evrybody happy i am going to dock this litter . it will be the first time i have actually done it with dogs of my own , i have allways been in the frame of mind that if they are born with um they kep um . but gotta change with the seasons or get left behind  lol

[Shotgun wg]

Kinda the way I figure. They were put there by genetics for some reason.

[uglydog]

the jagd terrier are docked . leaving 2/3 of tail on. the reaon being to have a "handle"
the earlier they are done the less bleeding, mom licks and keeps clean and no infection 2-3 days is way to go.

bob tail genetic info - http://www.bconnex.net/~langevin/html/bobtail_info.html

[halfbreed]

  i read an interesting fact a while back on the subject , the practice was brought over from the english and it was a tax issue in that country . people were charged a tax on their  [pets ] but not on stock or working dogs . the working dogs tails were docked to remove them from being taxable , and gave the government a way of identifying a working dog from a pet . later it just became pretty much a breed standard to everybody .

[charles]

I have a question on this matter. What is the purpose of docking these dogs tails. I have never understood this practice. I do have one dog with a stub tail but it was that way when I got him.

Me personaly, i dont like tails anymore. I cant stand the things thumpn in the dog box or hitn me in the bad knee when they get excited. Its just a personal prefrence with tail docking

[Shotgun wg]

I read ur info and have no issue with a natural bob tail. Don't really have an issue with a docked tail. I guess my question is why dock the tail. Is it soley for the look.

I will disagree with the boxer genetic thing. A boxer breed with a corgi a few generations later that still carries the corgi trait is not full blood boxer.

[Reuben]

Wire nippers are great for dew claws...
a cutting board and a sharp knife for the tails...one stroke and it is cut off. Also need to cauterize the tail to stop the
Bleeding...

been doing it this way for almost 40 years and have never had a problem...best time to dock is between 3 and 7 days because the nervous system is not as sensitive at that age...cauterize the pups tail if it bleeds...

[Dirtydog]

I personally use a straight edge hemostat clamp on the tail. I clamp down where I want to cut and twist three times and then I slice with straight razor. I've done hundreds of tails this way never had one bleed out and I've never used septic just dip in white flour and gie back to momma.

Dew Claws Get the smallest pair of curved hemostats you can get clamp down under the dew claw knuckle will pop out flick it with your thumb and it will fall off or you can slice with razor. I personally just flick it off.

this is what I do with my jagds...