Dog tail - to bob or not to bob

[johnr]

touché

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Poor fish

 

[riverview]

On a related note, your dog should keep their dew claws.
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I 100% AGREE WITH LEAVING DEW CLAWS ON. Only problem is you don't get to pick the pup out, I have left dews on dogs and never had a problem with dew claw injuries. I have a dog that the dews were removed and she gets raw after a few days of hunting,

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My wife has a rott that she left the tail on, it has a very nice curving tail. You can tell what the dog is thinking, I wouldn't want one without a tail now.

 

[svnmag]

This looks strange to me but I would probably get used to it:

 

[Duckslayer100]

There are medical reasons to dock tails, too. Labs and golden retrievers can get a pretty debilitating injury known as limber tail. It's basically a very painful strain/sprain that long-tailed dogs can get from over training or over exercising, especially from swimming. Limber tail is so painful a pup can't even sit without yelping. From what I understand, docked-tail dogs are much less prone to it.

 

[hardwaterdriller]

Had a English pointer, and he would get a limp tail. Usually from running hard or whacking it on something. It would stick out 4 inches and then point straight to the ground. It would be tender for a few days and then it would slowly rise to it's normal state.

When he would play with his brother, seems like they would both get it. So we would have 2 English pointers walking around with what looked like limp dicks.

 

[guywhofishes]

I have heard of horrible and expensive accidents involving dew claws (being torn right off on slippery decks when the dog skids across, etc.)

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Sorry for length of this video - but it's the only live-action footage I have of Royce in the field (sorta... galwhofishes took him for a walk shortly after actual hunting)



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the slo-mo allows the viewer to fully appreciate the glory of half-tails

 

[johnr]

This looks strange to me but I would probably get used to it:

This picture could almost be my dog. He is skinnier in the rear hips, and a slight bit of white ticking through the chest area. Same stubby tail