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Pet Forum / Miscellaneous / Animal Health / February 2007Amputating adult Rotty tail
Butch is an adult, male Rottweiller at the shelter. A man wanted to adopt him today. When the man revealed that he wanted to have Butch's tail amputated during his neuter, the shelter staff scrambled to discourage the amputation and invoked a home check before finalizing the adoption. Aside from unnecessary suffering, what other medical reasons exist to oppose the cosmetic tail amputation? Thank you. __________________________ When I count my blessings, I count my dog twice. > Butch is an adult, male Rottweiller at the shelter. A man wanted to > adopt him today. When the man revealed that he wanted to have Butch's [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > Aside from unnecessary suffering, what other medical reasons exist to > oppose the cosmetic tail amputation? ......No matter what they say, they'll do what they want once the animal is in their possession. I adopted out a kitten to people who promised not to declaw her, then they did it anyway. .....The only thing you can do is have a policy and consequences for violating the policy. Even then, how do you enforce it? Will vets in the area comply with this request? Some don't do tail docking. buglady take out the dog before replying >"Michael A. Ball" <Guardian@wireco.net> wrote in message ... >> Aside from unnecessary suffering, what other medical reasons exist to >> oppose the cosmetic tail amputation? [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >violating the policy. Even then, how do you enforce it? Will vets in the >area comply with this request? Some don't do tail docking. Yes, enforcement of a policy would be tough; especially seeing how hard it is to enforce an adoption contract--even when the adopter has paid for the spay/neuter in advance. The Rottwieller was gone the next day. :-( The vet doing his neuter had priced the tail amputation at $53.00, if done at the time of the neuter. I'm not sure how many local vets would be willing to amputate a healthy tail, on request. I've read that certain powerful tail waggers have their tails docked so they won't injure themselves by banging it into things. I can barely accept that, but I can't accept tail amputation for cosmetic reasons at all. ________________________ Whatever it takes. > I've read that certain powerful tail waggers have their tails docked so > they won't injure themselves by banging it into things. I can barely > accept that, but I can't accept tail amputation for cosmetic reasons at > all. It can sometimes be necessary. My older guy actually fractured his tail, on the chain link run they had him in at the shelter. If he hadn't been able to find a foster home (me), they were talking about the necessity of amputation. Dale >> I've read that certain powerful tail waggers have their tails docked so >> they won't injure themselves by banging it into things. I can barely [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Dale oh, you sound like a wonderful owner. >>> I've read that certain powerful tail waggers have their tails docked so >>> they won't injure themselves by banging it into things. I can barely [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > > oh, you sound like a wonderful owner. Was that meant to be sarcasm? I can't tell for sure. I'd say I'm a pretty darned good dog owner myself, but I don't see what this has to do with what I wrote above. Dale |
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